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A Real Pain 2024
this a deeply uncomfortable film, which plays to its strengths extremely well - curating a sincere and earnest narrative. It’s awkward, sarcastic, and raw. Kieran Culkin was made for this role, in a way that doesn’t even feel like he’s acting.
While this is a story about pain and identity, I wish we could’ve delved deeper into the ensemble, perhaps with a longer run time.
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Only the Brave 2017
The last 20 minutes really put this movie over the edge. I already knew what was going to happen going in, but the endings impact was just as gut wrenching. Great performances by Teller and Brolin.
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The Substance 2024
This movie might best be described as the bastard polygamy love child of Death Becomes Her, Poor Things, and Freaky Friday. It’s campy, satirical, gory, sexual, and a poorly executed allegory of the female experience. In the end, it kind of just comes across as a subtly misogynistic body-gore thriller. There is just something inherently male-gaze, and surface level, about this movie — despite its female involvement. I found myself waiting for the pin to drop, some resolution or realization. But…
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