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Black Bag 2025
I am glad that I got to see this film, though I am not sure that it necessitated a theatre viewing. It is a spy film in setting but not so much in concept - it is much more about the characters in that setting than it is about Plot. Excellent character work and acting (what a well selected cast!), clean cinematography (the opening steady came sequence comes to mind), a beautiful bloom on pinpoint lighting (adding to the memorability…
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Anytime we try to pretend 'James Bond' is a real name and not an alias or a designation, the same way 007 is, the story suffers. Bond's misogynistic man-whoring is also really only acceptable if you take it at an ironic distance - but when that same character starts talking about true love and settling down we lose the silliness that allows me to enjoy a Bond movie as such. It starts taking itself seriously, and if I have to…
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Northanger Abbey 2007
I would like someone to tell me they’re proud of me for navigating public transit
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Much Ado About Nothing 2011
Everything about this adaptation is perfect, from the 1980s mix of the 'sigh no more' song to Benedick covering himself in paint to Beatrice's love panic to the dramatization of Claudio's guilt to the choreographed dances because you know what Shakespeare is missing? Choreographed dances, and little else. I love that the play didn't get cut to pieces for the sake of a modern audience or for the sake of the changed setting. This performance did more with one rotating…
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