I can't say I've read up on this movie, but frankly, I'd be shocked if this wasn't basically an allegory for sexual awakening, especially coming from a place of repression: something, and maybe I'm getting entirely too personal here, I can relate to. I see the the hesitancy here, the trepidation; the initial shame and repulsion that soon give way to a hunger: a compulsion to push boundaries, to experiment, to explore. I can't say I quite make it to…
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Hereditary 2018
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I'm starting to get the impression that elevated horror isn't for me. On the plus side, this is well-shot movie with some very strong performances, and a *totally* batshit final act that I was howling with laughter at.
Up to that point though, I *really* didn't enjoy this. For all the hyperbole about how terrifying this movie is, I not sure I'd even classify it primarily as a horror movie. It's a grim kitchen sink drama that deals with family…
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Big Fish 2003
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This is a film I've put off watching for years, and years, certain in the knowledge that I'd be so charmed by Edward Bloom's whimsical tall tales that his passing would have had me in floods of tears. Nope! Turns out I was fine. Edward's cloying, cringe-worthy tales of how he - a dim, mediocre guy - failed upwards through life, paired with his complete inability to put his dumb mythology aside for even a second (ON HIS DEATHBED!!) to…
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