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The Madness of King George 1994
“God rot all royals.”
On rewatch, what stood out to me most is that The Madness of King George isn’t so much about King George III’s particular mental Illness but a fairly deep reflection on the 1788 Regency Crisis, which I didn’t realize drove the story on first watch. The titular “madness” is George’s breakdown, but also the insanity of a political system that is unable to function without appeasing an elite few who hold the government hostage for their own…
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Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
The only way to review Twilight Zone: The Movie is by separating each of its four segments, and to treat each as its own whole rather than as a part, so that’s what I’ll do.
“Time Out”
The sad truth about John Landis’ segment is that, at least in summarized form, it gets remarkably close to the blatant, sometimes hamfisted way Rod Sterling’s original series was when addressing social issues (see: “He’s Alive,” “The Obsolete Man,” etc.). On paper, “Time Out”…Translated from by
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024
A chimpanzee, a Catholic monk, and a dirty human go on a road trip to an evangelical megachurch
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Aliens 1986
For all that can be said about James Cameron as a writer/director, it can’t be said that his body of work is not among the most humanist of all tentpole blockbusters. Aliens, like it’s predecessor and other entries in Cameron’s filmography, is a movie with a profound love for the human spirit in the face of adversaries that aren’t able to compute basic humanity. In Ridley Scott’s Alien, this takes the form of the titular xenomorphs and the android Ash,…
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