I think this is a really fun take on a buddy comedy and there’s a few standout scenes I’m gonna giggle about for a while. Kristen Wiig’s antagonist character Sharon doesn’t really work tonaly, and neither does a music number just before the mid-point for a character that doesn’t really need it. Barb & Star really is a film you have to tune into the right wavelength for. If you can get through the artifice, this story and world are full…
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Logan's Run 1976
Logan’s Run is a fascinating look into the sci-fi blockbuster before the advent of Star Wars. You have to wonder if Star Wars was in part a response to this because there’s a lot of comparisons. One scene in particular is eerily similar to the trash compactor scene of A New Hope, and a scene shortly after resembles Hoth with its own uncanny Darth Vader.
The production design is really inconsistent - some sets and shots are impressive for their…
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Barbie 2023
Barbie starts out with an homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Just as the primates interact with a monolith and grow frustrated as they’re forced to reflect on their primitiveness, Barbie appears as a monolith to archetypal little girls from history. The very sight of Barbie inspires in them a rage not just at the baby dolls that came before, but at the limitations and expectations that baby dolls come with.
It’s a brilliant start to the Barbie film, because…
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The Brutalist 2024
I went to see The Brutalist because I read a tweet somewhere that said it was a more effective version of Megalopolis. It’s not, they both feature architects but otherwise they’re very different.
I kinda want my time back. The pacing is slow but everything definitely feels like a cohesive realised story. The editing lingers after dialogue shots so there’s an emotional charge that expounds tension.
The film plays with its aspect ratio and the themes are salient yet clunky,…
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