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Jarhead 2005
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most popular war movies are actually just subversive anti-war movies seeking the correct balance of macho badassery and solemn mortal woe; drawing the audience in and then holding them accountable for their complicity in the violence and horror that unfolds from what they previously saw as harmless fun. a first watch of Jarhead might lead you to believe that it's just like every other war movie. thankfully, its motives and content are refreshingly complex and vivid: instead of packing a…
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Mississippi Grind 2015
at its outset, Mississippi Grind feels something like Rounders. i remember watching that movie for the first time and being simultaneously seduced and horrified by the slick and dangerous life of gambling the characters somersaulted through. the stakes in Rounders are literally life and death (John Malkovich's Russian accent may have caused actual real-life deaths also) and that's why it's so entertaining. it operates on the same principle as an action movie, but instead of intense fight choreography, we get…
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Gone Girl 2014
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
i first read Gone Girl in its novel form in 2015 on a bus ride from Buffalo to NYC nursing an awful head cold. it was actually a pretty effective distraction from being sick; i ended up reading it cover to cover in one go. the interplay between Nick's and Amy's distinct voices was intriguing, and the story proceeded unlike any other that i'd read before.
but i never got around to watching the movie until recently, mostly because i'm…
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