Comedy as Therapy. Pryor comes onstage knowing that the audience has seen his wounds, so he bravely finds a way to cope through humor. It's as painful as it is funny...you laugh and cry at the same time. No one understood this feeling as well as Richard Pryor, and I don't think anyone has ever matched his wit. Some of the vernacular goes too far, but it doesn't come off as mean spirited, at least not to the degree that…
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In the Lost Lands 2025
I used to think I was too good for the digital worlds of Paul WS Anderson. As a film writer in my 20s, I was of the naive mindset that there were certain critical standards the movies needed to live up to or they held little value. Over the past 20 years, these feelings have changed drastically. Now I see that movies don't always have to make logical sense, they can play by their own rules, and visual storytelling can…
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Hudson Hawk 1991
History was not kind to Hudson Hawk. Originally conceived as a passion project by Bruce Willis, who was riding the wave of success from two Die Hard movies, the tone changed once director Michael Lehmann and writer Daniel Waters, both held in high regard from their collaboration on Heathers, came on board. Waters re-wrote the script in hopes of providing the blueprints for a comedy that would, as Lehmann puts it, turn the genre on its ear. The problem is…
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The Brutalist 2024
The Brutalist is a deeply conflicting experience for me. It's never boring given the 3 and a half hour runtime (with a 15 minute intermission), the performances are fantastic all around, the score by Daniel Blumberg is one for the ages, and the Vista Vision photography is stunning. But I found the script to be a mess. There are details of the protagonist that feel odd and unnecessary, his wife is the thankless long suffering spouse, and supporting characters are…
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