The trick to enjoying this and Black Bag is really realizing they’re mostly about coworkers having these incredibly tense dinners and outmaneuvering each other from miles away. Now, this is no Black Bag, but it’s a heck of a lot more interesting than it could have been due to its stream-of-consciousness editing, some superb choices from the undervalued Levinson (drone shots, bone-dry comedy, and even some questionable digital effects!), and a shockingly locked-in DeNiro. No surprise at all this flopped, but it’ll do numbers on MAX come 4th of July or Thanksgiving weekend. Rispoli the MVP!
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Mickey 17 2025
This film makes me think of a quote from Guillermo Del Toro, a filmmaker it feels very much in conversation in with: “People say, you know, "I like your Spanish movies more than I like your English-language movies because they are not as personal," and I go "Fuck, you're wrong!" Hellboy is as personal to me as Pan's Labyrinth. They're tonally different […] But it really is part of the same movie. You make one movie.” People will accuse this…
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One of the greatest low-budget films ever made. The ambition, the inanity, the stupidity of the original show is preserved and strengthened by the move to the big screen, and it's just a joy to witness. I can't think of a movie this narratively obtuse and episodic that also…
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