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The Warriors 1979
The Warriors is a great example of the simple story well told. The brisk pace doesn’t stop for backstory or spectacle, it just propels forward on a simple objective - get back to home turf. This kind of film doesn’t need award-caliber performances, but the cast here does fine and their characters have enough charisma to get by. Not to say The Warriors doesn’t have style - in fact it’s the small touches in costuming, staging and plotting that make the film a singular, fun experience.
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Almost Famous 2000
Every one of us who is uncool wants to be seen and acknowledged. Almost Famous is a movie that does that for a lot of us. The combo of music and film nerdiness is a hard to resist siren call. We laugh, we cry and we forgive Cameron Crowe’s occasional sloppiness. The parts he does right are devastatingly right. Of course I’m watching it on a 35mm print on a Thursday night, because I’m uncool!
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Saturday Night 2024
Oh, I’m sure I’m over-shooting with my rating, but I was absolutely thrilled with every moment of Saturday Night. Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan have managed to distill every major player in the Saturday Night Live origin story into a relatable person with wants and needs, strengths and weaknesses. And with time as a strictly limited commodity here, the ensemble does wonders with subtext. Where another film might trot out recreations of classic SNL sketches for a lazy jolt of…
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