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Amistad 1997
If you're into courtroom dramas, history, and translation, this is your jam!
It's not one of Spielberg's best, but it's a powerful story with great performances. Spielberg's visuals are great as always, and Hounsou, Mcconaughey, and Freeman anchor a stacked cast. The story is a bit repetitive and gets melodramatic at times, but is well done.
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Anora 2024
If you're into dark comedies, relationship dramas, and yelling, this is your jam!
Sean Baker's film is a surprisingly funny story about a powerless woman trying and failing to take control of her bleak circumstances. Mikey Madison is great, as is the rest of the cast. In all of the yelling and fighting, there are deep characters trying to stop a bad situation from getting worse.
It's shot in a voyeuristic way and edited with quick cuts to jump in…
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The Quick and the Dead 1995
If you're into westerns, Sam Raimi visuals, and pop-up thunderstorms, this is your jam!
A star-studded cast elevates an underdeveloped script, especially Hackman, Crowe, and DiCaprio. Sharon Stone dials her natural charisma down to zero and it doesn't always work, but her character is sympathetic despite her best efforts to be dull. Plus, she looks great in leather pants.
But the real star is Raimi. His trademark visual flair takes scenes we've seen a million times and shows them in fresh ways.
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The General's Daughter 1999
If you're into murder mysteries, military movies, and inappropriate smiling, this is your jam!
This is a whodunit with a mediocre mystery that relies too much on coincidences and improbable situations.
James Cromwell and James Woods are both excellent. Every scene they're in is powerful and dramatic. Unfortunately, John Travolta is also in this, and his acting is horrendous. His character is inconsistent, his line deliveries are weird, and he won't stop smiling despite usually being in situations where a smile is inappropriate. Travolta ruins a film that would've been better with a competent lead.
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