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Recent reviews

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  The Big Mouth 1967

  Watched 04 Mar 2025

  Not as big a fan of this as others... often strained and uncomfortable. Still a fun night at the movies (the most entertaining form of entertainment, as the narrator says!) Best parts for me were the henchmen who turned into mentally ill maniacs when seeing Jerry still alive.

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  Belfast, Maine 1999

  Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Thinking about the literary analysis scenes in Wiseman’s films. As I watch more, it becomes clearer that they serve as key clues that shine light on the films, especially if you take into account how Wiseman himself references literature as his main influence and likens himself to Hemingway ("My work is more novelistic than journalistic," quote: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=786695716664637&vanity=pbs)

  Take, for instance the discussion of whether the lead character in a Flaubert short story is superficial or not in “Aspen”, a film…

Popular reviews

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ½ Watched 14 Mar 2023 2

  The music-video-ification of movies… the “Daniels” who directed Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What” in the early 2010’s won 7 Academy Awards at the Oscars last night. After Parasite won Best Picture in 2020 and broke all kinds of box office records we’ve seen a plethora of “eat the rich” satires come out in the past two years (Triangle of Sadness, the Menu, Infinity Poop, etc) attempting, in vein, to do the same; ironically, movies produced by Hollywood executives whose…

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  Close Your Eyes 2023

  Watched 30 Aug 2024 3

  To learn how to grow old. That is the question! With hope, without fear.