Kinda great. I really liked Raiff's debut Shithouse and was anticipating this one as well. This is clearly a bigger budget movie with big name stars in the cast but doesn't feel like a sophomore slump at all. It plays on a lot of the same themes and the tone of his debut but certainly doesn't feel like a rerun. Almost like a spiritual sequel more than anything. The young college kid becomes a young college graduate and has things…
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Jerry & Marge Go Large 2022
I mean, it's FINE, I guess. But it's still a bit mind-numbingly middle of the road. Reeking of studio notes and featuring two pretty horrible supporting performances (Larry Wilmore, Rainn Wilson), it's hard to really recommend. Cranston does his best, he's really the only reason to watch. Annette Bening is always pretty consistent, but it's clear she's performing to the level of the material. Which is, to say, 90s sitcom opening credits. You know, where the mom character is carrying…
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Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special 2022
Really quite lovely. I had put off watching it for a couple weeks because I figured it'd be too sad to watch. Norm has always been my favorite comedian. His death hit me harder than the deaths of some of my own family members. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him, or quote a Norm line from something. Or pronounce something wrong for effect. I wear a Dirty Work hat, for crying out loud. Anyway, he's…
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Maggie's Plan 2015
Pretty good time. Little bit of a screwball vibe in places. Julianne Moore commits to a weird accent the whole time. Gerwig is fairly winning, Hawke is great as always. Slightly loosely plotted but it's a basically rewarding slice of life. The anxiety of the New York intellectual set has been done a million times before but this has a bit more energy in spurts than some of the other movies that cover the same ground. Hoped I'd like it more but it's a good watch for something that bridges the gap between standard rom-com and arthouse fare.
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