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The Exorcist 1973
“The horror movie is innately conservative, even reactionary.” - Stephen King
I was raised a-religious by two parents who grew up extremely Christian, exhausted by and fed up with their upbringing in the church and wanting something different for their son. They had me baptized, and other than weddings that was the last time I went to any church with my parents. Thinking about it now, I wonder if this movie had any influence on them baptizing me. Perhaps as…
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Gremlins 1984
Summer, 1984.
57 minutes.A family of three entered a movie theater in North Syracuse, New York. Mother, father, and an eight-and-a-half year old boy. They got popcorn and drinks. The boy had a Dr. Pepper. He was already quite sophisticated for his age. They walked into the large screening room through the door on the left side and picked seats midway down, on the aisle. The theater was packed. The boy had seen commercials for this film on television,…
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Napoleon Dynamite 2004
Napoleon Dynamite is an offbeat, frequently hilarious, touching look at the lives of some middle class Americans trying to find companionship in the too-often lonely landscape of life. All-time classic characters delivering quotable lines abound. This movie is lived-in, relatable, and conjures the frustrating experience of small-town adolescence with an oddball sincerity that remains endearing 20 years on.
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins opens with a shot of the Manhattan bridge (my favorite bridge in the world) viewed from Brooklyn (where I live) as audio of Marv Albert calling a Knicks game (my favorite team) plays in background. For a second there, I wondered if this movie helped make me. And then Fred Ward (Remo) is recruited to become an extralegal vigilante who is trained by one of those classic Asian masters. Well... it turns out that Chiun,…
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Mickey 17 2025
Mickey 17 won't be for everyone. It's bonkers, aligned with Brazil and Bong Joon Ho's own Snowpiercer as socio-economic science fiction that criticizes capitalism and fascism with a wry and dark sense of humor. The comedic beats will play better on a rewatch, as it takes more than a little bit of time to adjust to the unmoored quirky world presented in the film. Robert Pattinson is incredible in his role(s), and Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette embody on-the-nose caricatures…
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Alien: Romulus 2024
Alien: Romulus doesn't reinvent the franchise the way Aliens did after the first film, or the way Prometheus tried to do by expanding the lore of this universe tenfold. Instead director Fede Álvarez sets out to make the best god damn Alien movie he can by sticking close to the formula of terrifying monsters in a dark space ship, and other familiar beats. In doing so, he lays down heavy fan service references to all three of the aforementioned movies…
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