"I can't describe it, what I'm feeling. What I'm thinking. This means something. It's important."
DIRECTOR'S CUT
(Was a 4.5, now a 5)
So, I watched this movie back when I was 9 or 10? My grandmother showed it to me and I thought it was a cool UFO sci-fi film. I didn't know who Spielberg was, much less Truffaut, and I just enjoyed it because it was cool.
Now, after familiarizing myself with Spielberg's works, seeing The Fabelmans, becoming…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
"I think his world had vanished long before he ever entered it -- but, I will say: he certainly sustained the illusion with a marvelous grace."
Happy 54th Birthday Wes Anderson! In celebration of this occurence, I decided to rewatch my 2nd favorite film of his, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Also with Asteroid City around the corner, I felt a rewatch was due.
As a result, I also felt a semi-heartfelt and personal review was due as well.
On my…
Amazingly enough, can say that this was actually OK rather than the sauceless remake I thought it was going to be. Benefits from not being a complete retread of the original and having some unique setpieces from the original while still having that distinctive vibe.
Can't wait for The Killer and Hard-Boiled to finally get proper releases here soon thanks to the new licensing deals.
Well friends, another life update.
Officially starting a new job in Alaska next week, and I'll be on contract until closer to the end of this year. As a result I'll unfortunately be missing TIFF and more than likely have a lot less access to the newer releases than usual. As a result, I've loaded up a hard drive of a bunch of older films and some classics I haven't gotten around to (throw some suggestions if you want), and…
Comparisons to Pretty Woman or Uncut Gems by itself aren't entirely inaccurate, but upon watching Anora, I've realized this is the west's answer to Millennium Mambo, but this time infused with the sheer chaos of Uncut Gems.
Chaotic fun before the clock hits 12, but once the dream is in jeopardy and the house rules come back into play, even Scorsese couldn't make the streets of New York look colder in a film.
Blew the roof off at TIFF, then sealed it right back shut. Could hear a pen drop by the end.
