This film has received a lot of hate but I've seen worse. The music is abominable.
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Vera Drake 2004
Mike Leigh is one of the greatest of Great British directors. His films are a celebration of Britishness, and the actors he employs deliver performances that effortlessly capture that Britishness. With Vera Drake, Leigh presents a story of a working class wife and mother who also happens to be a part-time abortionist in 1950’s London. Imelda Staunton’s touching and heartbreaking performance as Drake earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination that propelled her to A-list status among actors. Her costars aid her immensely and turn in equally fine performances as well. This 2004 film seems quite relevant in this day and age.
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Taekwondo 2016
Argentinian director Marco Berger’s shtick is men: specifically, the beauty of the male form and repressed sexual desire between men. His films are a celebration of masculinity and he is an expert at framing men’s bodies with his camera. His shots adoringly explore men’s legs, feet, arms, armpits, buttocks, and crotches. And the actors he chooses for his films have a natural, real beauty about them – not a false, porn star, circuit queen just-out-of-the-gym look. His films are cerebral…
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The Martian 2015
I suppose for space nerds this film is a wet dream. But for the rest of humanity it’s a tedious and exasperating experience. I found Matt Damon’s character to be terribly uninteresting and unlikeable. Actually, I wanted everyone in this film to explode.
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