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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

It's impossible to resist the captivating yearning of Past Lives

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One of the most evocative lines from Gonzo's Muppet Movie song "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday" is "There's ...
Monday, June 26, 2023

It's well worth taking a trip to Asteroid City

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If you're not already hooked on Wes Anderson, I can't imagine Asteroid City will suddenly convert you into a believer. That's n...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Flash is an unimaginative and tedious disaster that wastes all its potential...and poor Kiersey Clemons (MASSIVE SPOILERS)

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This review contains massive spoilers. Also, this is gonna be structured a little more loosely than other "reviews" of mine on my ...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny sends out an adventure movie icon with a whimper

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Every Indiana Jones movie opens with a big action set piece already in progress. This in-media res approach ensures that the excitement of...

"Anything is possible": On Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and finding allegorical trans representation in a multiversal superhero

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  “Alright people, let’s do this one more time…” I saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in December 2018. This was just six months after...
Monday, June 12, 2023

Elemental has one of Pixar's best scores...and one of the studios worst scripts

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In the book The Art of Up , one of the artists involved in that 2009 Pixar movie revealed that the design aesthetic of the entire movie was ...
Friday, June 2, 2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is, like its predecessor, a dazzling triumph

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They pulled it off. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a worthy sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , an incredible feat that so...
Monday, May 29, 2023

You Hurt My Feelings is another Nicole Holofcener winner that exemplifies the virtues of theatrical comedies

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There's some real confidence underlining the marital ups and downs dominating the plot of You Hurt My Feelings . Writer/director Nicole ...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Blame it on Amy Adams OR How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Estrogen

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Lisa Laman, in one of her many selfies "Look at the world, so close and I'm halfway to it  Look at it all, so big, do I even dare?...