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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2023
This was a pretty good time. For D&D players, there were lots of fun in-jokes and moments where you could see the mechanics of the game affecting the plot of the film. For the uninitiated, however, the film plays out somewhat predictably, like many other ventures in the genre. Pine is a stand out, though, charming as ever and lending some necessary gravitas to his quick-witted and funny bard Edgin.
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The Boondock Saints 1999
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
As fun as I remember it, but nostalgia could be playing a big role in that. “Plastic Paddy Syndrome” abounds, from Flanery and Reedus’ dialect work, all the way down to the captions spelling it “Patty’s Day.” A lot of the humor and language has NOT aged well, but could also be chalked up to the fact that no one in this movie is really a “good person.” Dafoe and Connolly shine, though, as conflicted FBI Agent Paul Smecker and…
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Jaws 1975
A master class in suspense from a young Spielberg. I watch this film every year around or on the Fourth of July and never get tired of any of the beats. Scheider, Dreyfuss, and Shaw play off of each other perfectly and Williams’ score manages to set the tone of the danger lurking just beneath the surface with little more than two chromatic notes.
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