An absolute blast of a romantic comedy masquerading as a spy thriller. I know the marketing (what little you could find) pushed the whole “loyalty to your spouse vs loyalty to your country” theming and yes that’s there for sure, but I think I really like how the film points out the kind of hilarious way in which all relationships can be manipulated for personal gain and how macro political relationships as well as micro personal relationships rely fully on trust. This film is simply delightful and I’m sure will rank in the top half of my favorite films this year. Really good stuff.
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A Scanner Darkly 2006
I want an entire video game of rotoscoped Keanu Reeves. Honestly, He looks incredible in this. Robert Downey Jr. also looks really good and delivers one heck of a performance. I will say that the rotoscoping animation does present a sort of a double edged sword, however. It is a legitimately interesting looking film, but it also has a ton of jank to it. When the film shows things moving that are not humans, it feels very floaty and has…
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National Anthem 2023
I’d like to see more movies with this sort of empathetic and, frankly, amicable lens on the LGBTQ+ community. There is no big scene of violence where our protagonist or one of his friends is beaten or killed to instill some sense of sympathy towards the community. Yes movies like Brokeback Mountain and Boys Don’t Cry are powerful and are just straight up better movies than this, but the trope of having violence performed has become a little trite. That…
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The Kid Detective 2020
The climax to this movie is genuinely one of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen. The whole movie is really something that I was not expecting to be totally honest. The playfulness of the noir elements, the actually gripping mystery, the really great acting. I’m a big Adam Brody fan and watched purely for him, but wasn’t expecting more than a fun comedy that maybe dipped its toe into legit mystery territory. Instead, I got a surprisingly deep…
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