this is my 14th rewatch of american beauty, and it's been a few years since i last saw it. i've watched it so many times at so many different points in my life, and i notice something different and feel something different about it every single time. this time it was the candyass poster on jane's bedroom wall (nice!!) and, more so than ever, just how flimsy any connection between lester and angela is. when i watched this as a…
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Deep Blue Sea 1999
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
okay i'm ready to review this movie. it's going to be a long one because i have endless thoughts about sharksploitation as a genre.
3.5 stars is a very nebulous rating for me to give a movie. sometimes it means 'passable', other times it's a begrudging nod to the holes in a potentially perfect film. deep blue sea is closer to the latter than the former. the best creature features are those where the creature is not the biggest threat…
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Neo Ned 2005
there are a few very legitimate conversations to be had about the grooming of neurodivergent children by extremist groups, the crippling loneliness bipolar individuals often experience, how one should cope with their emotions towards their own abuser, or how individuals leaving incarceration or the psychiatric system are often thrown out with no way of integrating back into society, leading them back into said systems. neo ned touches on all of these topics briefly, but does not dive under the surface…
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Spaceballs 1987
a recurring take i'm seeing in the reviews for this film is that it's way, way better than most of the entries in the franchises it's parodying, and i agree entirely. this is a dumb movie that pretends to be even dumber than it is, and i love it, it's full of references to such a wide variety of movies and tropes. rick moranis isn't fantastic in this, and pizza the hutt is visually one of the nastiest things i've…
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