Eternally 8 years old, rocking in a banana chair 30 inches from the TV screen.
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The Parenting 2025
Navigating the valley of "what to watch with my parents" is getting tougher.
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The Last Picture Show 1971
All the teen sex movies so clearly inspired by this were too afraid to also be deeply, achingly sad. All those other writers and directors likely forgot how it feels to be a teenager.
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First Reformed 2017
Between this and You Were Never Really Here, it's a great year for form-conscious movies about idealistic loners.
This one knocked me down. I watched it alone, with maybe 10 other people in the audience. As I traipsed down the hallway to the exit I had the conscious thought, "I really need to talk to someone about this." Then I walked through the door and a guy around my age stood there, staring at me, like he was waiting. "What…
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The Suicide Squad 2021
Fool me once, shame on David Ayer and whatever Jared Leto was up to. Fool me twice, shame on my dogged allegiance to DC properties.
There are exactly two things I liked here, keeping it out of one-star territory: It’s great to see Idris Elba being this loose and looking awesome, and the climactic Starro stuff entertained me for 10 minutes.
Otherwise, this feels just as messy as the first one. You can feel how shocking and edgy James Gunn…
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