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Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Generally skeptic of marvel films/its cinematic universe the past decade, partially due to their comedic sitcom mimicry, which comes off as cringe. But this was astonishingly fun - no it's not a cinematic masterpiece, and Scorsese's diatribe on how marvel films are theme park-formulaic is very true here, but if you grew up watching Tobey and Andrew's spider-men it's irresistible to see them along with their villains return, and in a way that is both coherent and impressively not corny…
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The French Dispatch 2021
Gorgeous, and anything that both pays homage to my personal creative nonfiction hero Joseph Mitchell, and dedicates itself to the phenomenal Luc Sante (highly recommend reading "low life: lures and snares of old New York") will always be impeccable.
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Coney Island 1991
Should be required viewing in all schools daily. Absolutely superb, the Henry James quote segment is hypnotic
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Don't Look Up 2021
Fairly enjoyable, but a million miles away from being the classic it aspires to be. Zeitgeisty which is surprising considering it's more an allegory on climate change as it was produced pre/mid-covid. Felt the artillery of nonstop star-power/A-list cameos was a little distracting.
Spoiler-ish: In resorting to the deployment of a piloted-rocket to collide with the comet, I noticed plot similarities with a video game I last played over 15 years ago named "Megaman X5", the story of which was…
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