Watched this in the background at minimum volume while playing Catan. Honestly gets better every time I see it. People who think Gosling is funny in Barbie really should be watching this.
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Red Rocket 2021
From the opening montage I knew I was watching a classic. One of those brilliantly simple setups: manipulative porn star washes out of LA and looks for a new angle to work - maybe his estranged wife, maybe an easier, cuter mark.
Underneath a really funny story of a down-on-his-luck moron catching a few good breaks is a story about achieving freedom. To Mikey, it’s freedom to make bad decisions without consequence or conscious, freedom to single-mindedly pursue self interest.…
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Licorice Pizza 2021
Snagged some tix for an early screening while I’m in town in LA for Thanksgiving and I was like “yeah we should go, PTA is an LA guy, maybe he’ll show up lol.” And he did! He introed the movie, three rows in front of us.
Classically great PTA movie. Great one to talk about after with whoever you watch with. Loved the performances from the leads - a transcendent mixture of seeing through them as they act in their…