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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 2023
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CW: discussion of sexual assault and transphobia; spoilers for The 'Burbs, Perfect Blue, and Ruby Gillman
I don't know where to begin.
I guess I just expected a lot out of a movie whose entire plot was spoiled in the first trailer, a generational-trauma immigrant story not unlike Turning Red that was written by a former South Park writer and two white guys, a movie whose character designs reminded people immediately of the Memphis corporate art style (or, to reference…
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Fool's Paradise 2023
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The funny thing about this film is that it was made with a lot of knowledge and passion for the art form itself. You can tell just from the opening credits that Charlie Day is such a massive fan of everyman dramedies by the silent comedians of yore. He properly imbues Latte Pronto with this nervous and dazed energy, as if he's thrown into the fire without any knowledge of how to approach things. I'm forgiving towards his performance unlike…
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Freddy Got Fingered 2001
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I think Tom Green made one of the most intelligent satires on modern cinema in recent history. Before Birdman. Hey, I said recent.
Tom Green is a comedian from Ontario known for pranking pretty much anything he comes across. He's known for playing quite possibly the dumbest fucking person to have ever lived - and yet, when you see the guy talk about things on his talk shows, in interviews, or even on his own DVD commentary (where he spends…
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Head 1968
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1968: the MPAA just put in their new ratings system, rendering the Production Code totally dead. The Monkees, once America's go-to for knock-off Beatles band (complete with Davy Jones' British accent), have now become the pariahs of the month - people say they can't play, despite wrangling performance rights for Headquarters onward. They've also become total assholes, requiring their own black box to reside in as to not disturb Bob Raefelson, Bert Schneider, and any of the others as they…
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