The nostalgia for the once corporate juggernaut is overblown (often for comedic effect). The real story here is the family that keeps the eponymous rental store running; and the longing for the lost communal aspect of physically renting a movie, of recommending or being recommended a film and momentarily finding some kind of human connection (he posted on Letterboxd).
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B.B. King: The Life of Riley 2012
Turns out the man who was a masterful story teller with his guitar is equally riveting sitting in front of a camera and just sharing stories of his life and career experiences. A king indeed.
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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2013
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Not often you see a galactic-sized Buddah rain down some cosmic retribution with his pimp-hand, but there you go.
And while that makes for one thrilling climax, it's the opening scene that so wonderfully encapsulates this fairy tale adventure: an extended action sequence that starts with a fisherman and his daughter bonding over a childhood lullaby by the seaside, which becomes an almost Jaws-like horror show that terrorizes an entire hapless village.
What heightens the tension is that, while the…
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