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Twisted Issues 1988
Skating montage edited alongside historical and current events and figures, a seemingly invincible, all-seeing overseer of happenings across Gainesville played by Pinion himself, his room adorned with skeletons. He doesn't take kindly to disliking sprouts. A killed straight-edge young skater is revived by a wacky guy and girl, the guy being a doctor (great moments include firstly their introduction, where upon finding the skater, the girl goes "Doctor, look!" to which he goes "yeah?" proceeding to look at her chest…
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Fighting in the Age of Loneliness 2018
i’ve recommended this documentary series every time someone tells me they think youtube is a poison and every time they come back and tell me they’ve told at least 3 people about it, so 🤷♀️
also Big Egg Universe, an inter-promotional joshi (joshi = japanese women’s) pro-wrestling event in 94, drew between 32.5k and 42k fans depending on who you ask, so the Gracie/Takada fight needs to be understood in that context. also the Gracie/Takada fight sucks and Big Egg…
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Mean Girls 2004
unbelievably unfunny and blatantly reactionary in that distinctly early-mid-aughts sort of way in which the prevalence of both neoliberalism and fundamental conservatism are equally tangible; constantly oscillates between obviously hateful and disingenuously sympathetic. fetid and gross and stupid, go fuck yourself
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The Night Child 1975
tubi strikes again
the extremely italian move of having a grown-ass woman voice a child. the most catholic filmmakers imaginable
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Labyrinth of Cinema 2019
Ōbayashi's optimism is infectious, as is his belief in cinema as a powerful tool of expression. No, scratch that, describing cinema as a "tool" in the context of Labyrinth of Cinema strips away its humanity. Like Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Ōbayashi's patriotism is never without acknowledgement of Japan's sordid history because, in order to create peace, that recognition is necessary. An overwhelming experience, I had a smile on my face the entire time.
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Skinamarink 2022
The most tense cinema experience I’ve had in my life. What a beautiful movie, tension reverberates through every scene in this.
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The Man Who Stole the Sun 1979
He wants to interact with people. He wants to talk with me. That's his only weakness!
Have you ever felt so listless and aimless, so desperate for some excitement in your life that you decide to create a homemade atomic bomb?
It's a crying shame that Hasegawa never ended up directing another film, because everything here is just exquisite, which shouldn't come as a surprise, considering with The Youth Killer, Hasegawa demonstrates he can more than hold his own, formally.…
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Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
It's so cool when Jake Sully narrates, temporarily turning Avatar into a Terrence Malick film.
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