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  Any Given Sunday 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  Al Pacino is the shepherd and we are his flock.

  A truly spiritual journey where each player, coach, and spectator is involved in a sacred ritual whether they know it or not. 

  Unfortunately AGS suffers from an inefficient use of a 2.5 hour runtime which spoils what is meant to be the big pay off at the end. Performances from Pacino, Fox, and Quaid binds the movie together that sells the idea that they are a team. Diaz makes the most with what she’s given but the writing of her character leaves a lot to be desired, particularly the politics and economics within pro football.

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  Den of Thieves 2018

  ★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  The insecure little brother to Heat (1995). He wears his older brother’s clothes hoping that it makes tricks people into thinking it’s him. Since Den of Thieves tries to emulate Heat (1995) it invites comparison right away and fails to offer anything of substance. It tells us nothing about the relationship between cops and criminals or how people live and die by codes.

  None of the characters outside of Nick have any distinguishing personality traits. Ray and his crew are…

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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Oct 2024

  After Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, Charlie Kaufman follows up with the movie he will forever be known for, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Through surrealist practical and visual effects, we get a visualization of memories and their connections to emotions through the journey of Joel Barish as he tries to reclaim the memories of his ex girlfriend, Clementine during a bizarre operation. 

  Like his previous two films, Eternal Sunshine is inventive and surprising while still prioritizing the human…

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  Fatal Attraction 1987

  ★★★½ Rewatched 10 Jul 2024

  Sex and violence often go hand in hand in American movies but rarely intersects the way it does in Fatal Attraction. Violence is often an after thought and a tool used as a means to an end but Fatal Attraction takes it a step further by establishing a passionate romance between Alex and Dan and bookends with two graphic and disturbing fights that ends with Alex’s death. Whether Dan and Alex are in each other’s arms of embrace or violent struggle, there’s a strong sense of intimacy between the two.

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