COME ON! COME ON! COME ON!
Unbelievable how hard this movie goes. No notes. For pure entertainment value it doesn't really get better than this.
Obviously Zendaya, O'Connor, and Feist deserve credit for their chemistry and great performances. But man, there should be a Luca Guadagnino/Trent Renzor/Atticus Ross cinematic universe instead of a Marvel cinematic universe because these guys can make two dudes playing a sport I don't care about at a cushy New Rochelle country club more intense and…
According to the Lancet, as of June 30 2024, Israel has killed 64,260 Palestinians. Women, children, and the elderly accounted for 59% of the deaths where data about age and sex were available.
**EDIT: Look, if we remove the overt Zionist overtones this is a movie I'm primed to be obsessed with. It looks gorgeous. Beautiful 70mm cinematography from Lol Crawley. Blumberg's score is great. Adrian Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce are doing incredible work. Its the sort of…
Prayers don't do a God damn thing.
Unfortunately, I think Longlegs is going to be a victim of its own ultra-successful marketing campaign (well, "victim" in quotes, because its over-performing at the box office and reviews are still solid). I think a lot of the three-star reviews I'm seeing would be four-star reviews if people didn't feel let down because of the impossible expectations created by one of the most well-oiled hype machines in recent memory. This is understandable but…
With all due respect counselor, if you had done your job, I don't think we'd be standing here right now.
Another entry into the recent "they don't make 'em like this anymore" canon. Incredible that Clint Eastwood made this at 94. Crime that this got dumped on streaming instead of getting a theatrical release. Everyone else besides Hoult and Colette is thinly drawn, but the premise is powerful and the movie just works. Its a no-fat, highly efficient legal drama,…
