Jeff Sexton

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Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Repo Man
  • Blade Runner
  • Brazil

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  • It's a Disaster

    ★★★½

  • The Magnificent Seven

    ★★★½

  • The Jerk

    ★★★½

  • Adaptation.

    ★★★★½

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  • It's a Disaster

    It's a Disaster

    ★★★½

    The mundane meets the apocalyptic... This is a dialogue heavy single location film where a group of old friends gather for their regular "couples' brunch". What begins as a typical social gathering, complete with relationship tensions and social awkwardness, swiftly devolves into complete chaos. First the phones go out, then the power. They come to realize that the outside world is experiencing some kind of major catastrophic event. Things go from bad to worse and comedy ensues.

    The ensemble cast…

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    ★★★½

    This is a classic Western reimaging the spirit of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai," yet distinctly American in execution. In place of samurai honor, we have typical rugged heroism sa group of disparate gunmen, each with their own motivations, join to defend a small Mexican village from ruthless bandits.

    The film's strength is its ensemble cast. Yul Brynner's stoic leadership, Steve McQueen's cool charisma, and the supporting performances of Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and others, contribute a compelling dynamic. These aren't…

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  • Superman

    Superman

    ★★★½

    1978 was a simpler time; a time before Marvel and DC universes and other big giant loud monster franchises with 8 figure budgets. It was a time when Star Wars was king. We all wanted more of that. The announcement of a film version of a decades old comic book seemed honestly odd to say the least. But "Superman" somehow worked. It was fun and, believe it or not, believable, and fills in a vital part in Hollywood's new spectacle…

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

    ★★★★½

    At its core this is a meta-narrative, a story about its own creation. A screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) struggles to adapt a (real) non-fiction book about flowers, "The Orchid Thief," to film. "Adaptation" blurs the conventional boundaries of the film's reality by transforming this process of adaptation into its central subject matter. This signals a significant departure from established cinematic storytelling conventions. By placing the difficulty of writing the adaptation within the content of the film, it compels its…