I understand the sentiment that we live in some sort of landscape of “peak-tv” but I don’t really feel like I have the energy to keep up with all the (probably great) shows coming out these days. Instead, I often turn to filling out my blind-spots with some older shows and when Disney Plus added a bunch of old Fox-shows I decided to finally check out The X-Files. That was almost four years ago, but I immediately fell in love…
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Lady Vengeance 2005
The path to vengeance is a tale as old as time and the structure to a revenge-flick can feel pretty familiar. Without revolutionizing or completely shake-up the tropes, Park Chan-wook’s Lady Vengeance has a fascinating path to catharsis. Built on flashbacks and narration, the story of Lee Young-ae is slowly patched together and for as fantastic as Lee is, the film soars when taking a broader approach to the ideas. From the eclectic group of prisoners to the collective approach…
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Winnie-the-Pooh 1969
”Piglett, do you have a gun at home?”
Yes. That might very well be the single greatest quote in cinema history.
I've always loved Winnie the Pooh, as a kid, the books about him was some of my favorites - filled with odd (and surprisingly deep) characters and a humor that manages to be both cute and cleaver - and the Disney-adaptions are also very enjoyable. But honestly, this Russian adaption is probably the best I've seen.Like oh my…
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Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
“We didn’t do anything”
“Then who killed the world?”From the moment that Mad Max: Fury Road started, I couldn’t stop smiling. I sat through the entire first half of the movie with a giant smile on my face and partially even laughter, but by the end of the movie I had experienced both tears and gotten my mind blown to smithereens. George Miller’s fourth Mad Max movie is an action masterpiece, it packs in a superb soundtrack and so…
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