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Wicked 2024
Wicked, the 2024 film, is both a highly polished piece of contemporary studio filmmaking, and an adaptation of a piece of genuine (and genuinely odd) American folklore. L. Frank Baum started his “Oz” book series after trying (and mostly failing) a bizarre array of business ventures, including: starting magazines, newspapers, writing plays and musicals(!), even poultry farming, which was apparently a fad in late 19th century America.
The Oz of Baum’s books was probably imagined from his time living in…
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In a Lonely Place 1950
Seeing this a second time, I was impressed by how well Bogart skates the edge of likable. He is charming and a little bit menacing, but the real depths of his violence don’t show until the final act. It’s an impressive trick, we ultimately see the film from the perspective of the woman who is usually given the role of femme fatale, and we feel what she feels as his character descends.
It hints, here and there, that he may…
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The Bleacher 2024
Yikes! After watching this, I’ve decided to set aside all thoughts of leaving my wife for a dolphin.
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Cemetery Man 1994
I honestly have no idea how to explain or review this movie. But I will say that every time I’m feeling like the world doesn’t understand my pain, I gaze deep into a snow globe, think about zombies Frenching in a graveyard, and then look at the horizon and nod slightly.
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