Capitalism declares winners and losers yet demands everyone to hold a religious-like fanaticism to its wonders, oftentimes by pointing out the trumped-up horrors of non-capitalistic countries. The loyal defense of capitalism from its winners - basically equating their feelings of the system to how they feel about god and patriotism - is of course not surprising. Who wouldn't worship a system that holds you up and shows you off as a champion. But it's the losers of the system who…
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Vengeance 2022
America is divided. For the most part, films try to unify that divide by showing our similarities are greater than our differences. "Heart sees heart", as a character in VENGEANCE says. There seems to be an onus put on artists and filmmakers to take the blame for this misunderstanding. Almost an admission that the leftist coastal elites are more to blame with their condescending attitudes, though sometimes it feels weirdly condescending in itself to not require the rural folk to…
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Argentina, 1985 2022
ARGENTINA, 1985 may play it straight and succumb to some basic cinematic conventions to teach about an incredibly important time in the country's history, opting for education over filmmaking pizzaz, but it's also tackling such an important topic with some grueling and brutal testimonies, I imagine the filmmaker wanting to pay respect and not get too in the way.
Plus, after seeing Sorkin yuck it up to an annoying degree in TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN, I tend to respect…
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Jeremy Renner has more of an impact in this movie than any of The Avengers movies
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