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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994
Such a promising premise. Took a while to vibe with it but once I did it was a delight aside from the parts where it wasn’t and the parts where it REALLY wasn’t. And I’m sorry, but no level of “respectful” portrayal will keep me from thinking about how electric this would have been had the leads actually come from the communities being portrayed.
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Mickey 17 2025
You know I’m wondering how that Bong Joon Ho fella feels about that other guy Donald Trump!
Huge bummer! The Mickey/Nasha stuff was really cute and a few scenes here and there had me chuckling, but there’s really not much more here to chew on. Barely feels like it explores the boundaries of its premise or setting, all while its satirical bent is steeped in a surface level exploration of the violence of capitalism along with some really embarrassing 2017-era…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
For the record I still think George has juice but my god did this reject me violently
Miller trades grounded tension and astonishing practical effects for empty bombast and cgi slop. Solid art design, a vibrant color scheme, and idiosyncratic directorial flourishes can only carry this so far when the green screen carrying it on its back seems to burst through its every seam. I can appreciate a heightened narrative and visual language, but when everything surrounding it feels so…
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Poor Things 2023
Yeah guys 😎 Sex is worth the hype
This was such a fun watch with a packed theater crowd. The raucous laugh-per-minute structure almost made me forget that roughly half of those laughs were basically riffs on the same joke.
But god, what a stunner. The visual direction on this thing is genuinely inspired. From the moment I saw some of these surreal and Escher-esque vistas in the trailer, I’ve been hyping this one up for myself. I wouldn’t consider…
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