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Fury 2014
This movie exists in that weird portion of the Venn Diagram between action movie and war film, where some elements of WWII serve as the basis for the premise of an otherwise fictional story. This approach could be a very effective use of storytelling to pay homage to historical events like Saving Private Ryan, or it could end up coming across as an epic idea for an action film that was dreamed up in Hollywood using history as the starting…
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The Departed 2006
Nothing says St. Patrick’s Day like Irish mob violence in Southie, amirite?
“Don’t laugh!!! This ain’t reality TV!”
Jack Nicholson does a 10/10 impression of a rat in this one.
All jokes aside though, it’s pretty much impossible for me to mention this movie and not talk about the excellent pacing, tension, acting, twists, and turns. This movie is always so good on a rewatch and great to watch with people who have never seen it before. Prepare to be shocked, and get ready to swim in the gray area of life where all of these characters operate.
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The Holdovers 2023
It felt so good to sit down and watch a brand new movie that was so good; genuinely good. It gives off the aesthetic, but also the feeling of an undiscovered classic. So complete is the framing of this film in 1970, that even the studio titles and credits in the beginning are vintage, which refreshingly does not feel like a cheap gimmick. This isn’t meant to be just a story that takes place in 1970. It is also meant…
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