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May December 2023
There’s more than enough to chew on here that’s juicy, sick, and twisted. And yet, May December’s exterior is so disarmingly melodramatic that you’re utterly transfixed until the very end. This is in part due to its incisive script by Samy Burch, its masterly command of film craft by director Todd Haynes, and of course the performances, which are all Oscar worthy. Not only is Haynes concerned with his characters and why they are who they are but with the…
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Our Home Out West 2023
I cannot believe this is on here! LOL
What I will say about this is that Cole Escola is a great, yet criminally underrated, comedian with a bizarre and fascinating imagination. He’s also a very talented actor. YouTube this NOW!
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Nope 2022
This may be the most biggest and most confounding summer blockbuster I’ve ever seen. A spectacle for sure, albeit one where you cannot just passively watch. Jordan Peele is a filmmaker with some grand concepts, and I really think audiences are lucky enough to have a huge studio give him how ever much money he needs in order to see it realized. And yet, this may be the film’s biggest fault. It’s BIG. There’s A LOT of ideas at play…
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Napoleon 2023
There’s really nothing special going on here. It’s just a well made, albeit lackluster, historical epic with solid performances and nicely choreographed battle sequences with some seamless CGI. Nevertheless, it’s a Wikipedia log of Napoleon’s storied life after coming into power. If the film had a more narrow focus, I think it could have stood apart from other run of the mill biopics. I felt Vanessa Kirby was under utilized. When she’s on screen, she’s magnetic, even when she’s sharing scenes…
