Parental Fear: The Movie (Derogatory). One of the more unbearably grueling viewing experiences I've ever had. The only reason I finished watching at all was because I have a compulsion to finish movies that I get more than a few minutes into, and the only reason I got more than a few minutes into this (seriously, those first few are awful) was to see Isabelle Fuhrman in her breakout role. And to be clear, she is amazing here. Absolute force…
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The Novice 2021
I won't TMI you with the personal baggage here, but I will say this much: Alex Dall is a power fantasy for me. It's a deeply unhealthy one, I am fully aware. Intellectually, I know what she's doing is harmful. I don't find anything noble or virtuous in the way Dall puts her body through hell and alienates everybody in her life, all for the sake of this achievement that she only started pursuing in the first place because it…
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Mad Max 1979
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This was the only Mad Max film I'd seen pre-Fury Road, and I think I didn't watch the others at the time because I wasn't blown away by this. I didn't dislike it, and it was an entertaining enough little curiosity to be sure--and it still is! I admire low-budget high-creativity cinema, and the fact that George Miller was aiming at something with a little more depth than just cool stunts on a shoestring budget makes me admire the effort…
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The Dark Knight 2008
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I know there have been a million takes about the politics of the Dark Knight trilogy, but here's me throwing in my opinion anyway, so apologies to the people who have already heard this take from someone else.
The reason The Dark Knight doesn't feel fascist to me—and Batman lends himself even more heavily to fascist messaging than most superheroes, when he's played seriously—is the ferry sequence. I'll grant you that there are absolutely other parts that lean towards an…
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