As I make my way through “The Magic Lantern”, if Cries and Whispers and Winter Light are Ingmar’s spiteful vilifications of his folks (and per his own admittedly bias recollection they sounded pretty gnarly), I’m convinced this and Wild Strawberries showcase his ultimate longing to connect with them. To dub Ingrid Bergman’s work here merely a powerhouse performance doesn’t do her justice; she is the film. An instant Ingmar company hall of famer for me, shame they didn’t get to collaborate…
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Black Bag 2025
Two bangers released theatrically two months apart! $2 million and $50 million budgets! And he shot and edited both of them! The man is a machine. Sleek, stylish and sexy. Decent amount of Koepp’s exposition kinda goes over your head but the dialogue and performances backed by Soderbergh’s mastery of the craft makes this a damn good time at the movies. Nobody shoots a 12 page dinner scene better than this guy. Truly funny at many points as well, theater…
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Captain America: Brave New World 2025
My buddy Jeff asked me to go to this with him (ironically the only other movie we’ve seen together was Endgame when we studied abroad in 2019) and I’m never one to say no to a movie date and I went into this with an open mind but son they weren’t lying about them test screenings and reshoots. Fact that this cost $370 million really just grinds my gears. Funny how the more money you throw at the wall the worse…
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Glass Onion 2022
Rian Johnson is that guy you meet in line for the bathroom at some party who brags about how genius his screenplay is. I don’t care Rian. I just don’t
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