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The Apartment 1960
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
*happy sigh*
It was in this watch that it really clicked for me how much Crowe was homaging/ ripping off this movie with the Penny Lane quaaludes scene in Almost Famous. (I know he's said Penny's coat was an homage to Fran's.)
but the line that got me this time was at the very end - and maybe it was because it was on the big screen, it was like I'd never heard it before. "We'll send him a fruitcake every Christmas." WE'LL!! And there's your happy ending, right there.
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My Old Ass 2024
oh my goodness. SO GOOD. The best YA movie I've seen in a LONG time. And in the top 5 best, probably. There were literally shots that felt like they were ripped from one of my novels and just transported from CT to the most gorgeous Canadian lake setting ever.
I cried more than I thought I would - Maisy Stella is a star. I want her to be in everything.
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Before Sunset 2004
this is by no means an original observation - but the form/ content of these two movies is always mind-blowing to me. in Before Sunrise - when you're in your 20s - you have all the time in the world. a meandering pace, life unspooling, the future ahead of you, all night to talk.
and then jumping ahead - it's so brilliant that when they're in their 30s, they're on a ticking clock. time is moving faster. the movie is…
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