[to be read in a british accent]: While this undefineable multi-period period drama had slightly too much whimsy to truly ever know where it itself was going, one must applaud the ambition and weirdness, and Tilda Swinton is (as ever) a delight.
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[to be read in a british accent]: While this undefineable multi-period period drama had slightly too much whimsy to truly ever know where it itself was going, one must applaud the ambition and weirdness, and Tilda Swinton is (as ever) a delight.
This well shot and acted cop thriller drama romance from 1951 was an effective blast from the past, but archaic and melodramatic.
This gorgeously shot character drama, while ostensibly about 1920s race relations, has other, deeper focuses that end up using the race questions as a backdrop - and though by the end the whole movie’s various themes don’t quite gel together as well as they could, I must applaud the attempt for its originality and verve.
A tremendous, riveting, fairly long sea tale with some interesting questions to ask about love, loyalty, and courage - and a healthy dose of 1950s morality to keep things silly.
Despite a few jokes that categorically fail to land, the rest of Spy is good silly fun, with statham and mccarthy as particular standouts.
This classic chicago crime thriller is still a classic and definitely captivating but don’t think for a second that it’s light or fun exactly - just cool and powerful.
this russian spy action thriller is incoherent: badly written and poorly shot - and it’s made all the worse by the fact that both the casting and the premise have real promise; it could’ve been great.
Lorr has this magical ability to fully, and I mean _fully_, immerse himself in his nonfiction subject all while maintaining precise notes and journalistic integrity - and this deep, searching examination of Bikram yoga is no exception.
this dumb romcom about a fish out of water australian glorifies violence and has a very reactionary outlook on modernity, but for all its “can’t make em like this anymore” boorishness it’s really funny and charming.
time travel movies never make any sense, and this one’s no exception, but it’s coherent enough to be interesting fun with thoughtful themes about sacrifice, and worth a rewatch.
as far as marvel movies go it's slightly better than fine, decent story good acting almost engaging vibes etc, and Awkwafina really makes it, but besides her it's still just a featureless CGI marvel slugfest with very little art or character.
it makes some over the top stylistic choices at times, but go ahead and watch this short indie (mostly) real-life drama about sex work and broken people, because it’s truly gripping.
in addition to the really touching story of friendship that we know and love in this classic, there’s something great about seeing what 1986 thought about the mid fifties.
This deep dive into street names and addresses across time and space is both fascinating and easily digestible - a great achievement for what could have been a dry topic.
come for the early celebrity cameos from brad pitt, sam l jackson, val kilmer and tony soprano, but leave early for the 90s racism and misogyny, generally weird tone and bad ending - slater's character is annoying and made me wish the movie was about someone else.
everything about this cold war drama thriller thing was interesting and really well constructed, except that I felt it lacked focus, and I was left not really caring at the end.