Minority Report could have been top tier Spielberg. It has a bulletproof script based on a Philip K. Dick story. The pacing is phenomenal and the there are mysteries after mysteries that are held mysterious just long enough to not be frustrating. There are those fun Spielberg touches like Tom Cruise crashing through a window and landing in a twisted position amongst a yoga class. Probably the most non-Indiana Jones movie Indiana Jones scene is a fight in a car…
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Conclave 2024
The pope died and now it’s up to all the cardinals to decide who should be the grand wizard of the Catholic Church. It’s interesting for an outsider to watch all the pomp, circumstance and piece positioning and having acting powerhouses Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini keeps it all intriguing.
It’s still a buncha old men virtue signaling, power grabbing and sequestering themselves to make a decision without influence from those they are meant to be leading. That’s quite a message.
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Mickey 17 2025
I’m not much of a reader. Only twice in my life have I happened to read a book before seeing the movie; The Accidental Tourist and Mickey 7. I was very excited to see Bong Joon Ho’s adaptation called Mickey 17. I like most of his films but I consider Parasite in particular to be one of the greatest films of the past decade and one that I believe will stand the test of time.
The plot has Robert Pattinson…
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The Penalty 1920
Lon Chaney put his face and body through torture to capture the perfect look. In The Unknown he built a harness that held his arms behind his back. In Phantom of the Opera he installed wire work in his face in the form of a living skull. In this movie, The Penalty, he straps his feet to the back of his thighs to appear to be a double amputee.
Chaney was known for these physical transformations. As well he should;…
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