As the final Best Picture nominee I got the chance to see prior to the Oscars tomorrow night, I would say this ended my cinema year on a high note, if a thoroughly depressing one. Unabashedly sentimental yet beautiful. I don't think it transcends the mold of the historical-political drama, but it can stand side-by-side with the best of them.
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Paddington in Peru 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Everyone's favorite immigrant returns to give us another run-of-the-mill kiddie movie. Look, he's charming and all, but have we not already seen this a million times before? And my god, does it drag on and on. Imagine you're at a party at a friend's house late at night; you get tired and you're ready to go home, so you slap your hands on your knees, rise up off the couch, and slowly elbow your way through the kitchen to get…
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National Anthem 2023
This is the movie Republicans think elementary school kids are being shown by their teachers, which is to say it's a pretty wonderful film. Without being overtly political or melodramatic, it has a lot to say about the American Dream. Mainly, it tries to show that there is no one such thing, but that everyone has their own American Dream. Everyone craves freedom - the freedom to live their lives the way they wish, without fear of having to repress…
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