I went into this blind and it's just an absolutely stunning film. Plus I found myself reflecting on its themes and ending afterward, and I can't remember the last time a movie for children did that to me.
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Where the Wild Things Are 2009
Every time I watch this movie I relive childhood trauma and it's awesome
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To Die For 2022
Easily the worst movie you will ever see, even if you manage to catch a Dangerous Men/complete Neil Breen filmography double feature.
It can't even be saved by a so-good-it's-bad ironic distance, because it is simultaneously so sincere and so hateful that watching it actively debases you. I kept going until the end, very much in the way I might rubberneck at a fatal accident, and I regret my decision deeply. My soul has been stained. I am a less-holy…
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The Executioner's Song 1982
It's kinda weird to see a topical film so far past its best-by date.
The first half— Tommy Lee Jones and Patricia Arquette as Gary Gilmore and Nicole Baker, in the build-up to the event— is brilliant. Both are spectacular. As is Christine Lahti as Brenda Nicol.
Then IT happens. And the rest of the movie takes on a very tabloid feel. Maybe this is intentional. I haven't read the Norman Mailer book. Honestly, having read a few, I'm not…
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