Ben Zweig

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Favorite films

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Back to the Future
  • Fight Club

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  • Anora

    ★★★★½

  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Far from Heaven

    ★★★★½

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  • Far from Heaven

    Far from Heaven

    ★★★★½

    How did I gatekeep this from myself

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★★★

    Not great if you have mane blindness.

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  • Wonka

    Wonka

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Don't Look Up

    Don't Look Up

    ★★½

    This movie has everything:

    * 2 hours of allegory using the hypothetical “The sky could be falling…” proposition that unsubtly addresses the politicization of climate change but inadvertently succeeds better as a story about the coronavirus pandemic

    * Sometimes funny or pointed, sometimes wreckless commentary on corruption, nepotism, populism, science rejection, social and news media, data and privacy, our former administration… etc.

    * Tragic lip-synch on an Ariana Grande performance. And also, Ariana Grande. 

    * Chalamet reprising his role from…