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The Nest 2020
What sub/sub/sub genre of family drama does this film belong to? Maybe a combination of dysfunction and impending doom. Nothing really happens, but the rot is all in the implied - which is where this film succeeds. It’s also somehow uncomfortably familiar - we all know a narcissist capable of painting the rosiest of pictures regardless of how close to the surface the truth is. Watch this is you want a stark reminder of the other side of the familial coin.
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The Many Saints of Newark 2021
Generally speaking - prequels/sequels that happen years after a show/film ends don’t work. The context changes, the discourse has moved on - most of the time it just isn’t relevant or pressing anymore (I’m looking at you El Camino). That’s why I was very wary of this, considering that it dared tread on the hallowed ground of The Sopranos. I have to say though, this film was incredibly impressive. It expanded upon the universe of Dickie Moltisanti, a common topic…
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Coming 2 America 2021
This was really, really entertaining. It wasn’t ever going to hold a candle to the original, of course, but why should it have to? It’s so great to see vintage Eddie Murphy, along with all of the characters that made the original so great - especially the barbershop guys. This was an awesome comfort watch, I loved it!
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Platoon 1986
This is such a tired genre. It doesn’t offer anything new, arguably since Apocalypse now, and it’s so difficult not to view a film like this through more mature political nuances. Its so exhausting to have to keep listening to the regurgitation of cliches like “in the end, we were fighting ourselves” - give me a break. Oliver Stone’s best film was “Wall Street” because his embodiment of American excess mirrored his own arrogance as a filmmaker - so it…
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