I’m glad I watched this after all the bad hype out of Cannes died down, because I was pleasantly surprised to find a pretty solid comedy here. Not sure if this offers any meaningful satirical insights beyond “we are all shitty people at heart who thrive off of the power structures we create,” but I suppose that’s ok when the situational humor is as engaging as it is here. A lot of people hype up the shit and vomit of…
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Face/Off 1997
Not sure there’s another 90’s movie that challenged what you can and can’t do in a Hollywood blockbuster more than this bad boy. John Woo takes over-the-top spectacle, hammy performances, and sleazy violence to such insane highs that it becomes its own singular art form. And it’s clear everyone had a blast making it.
Side note: wild watching that Danny Masterson rape scene in 2023.
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Irresistible 2020
Jon Stewart probably watched The Big Short, Vice, and Bombshell all in one sitting.
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Nomadland 2020
Decided to give this a second shot, and I’m just not sure this film was meant for me. I don’t want to discredit friends who connected to this - your feelings matter and I’m glad you made that connection - but otherwise this largely seems aimed at upper class liberals who are deeply removed from poverty and don’t really know what it’s like. They want to feel good about acknowledging desperate economic circumstances without having to actually interrogate their own…
