Holy shit can Cory Finley make a movie.
In an alternate universe where I didn’t seek out Thoroughbreds or somehow didn’t love it as much as I do, it’s comforting to know that I would have become a fan of Finley either way.
Bad Education is a fantastic follow-up to the aforementioned social thriller, occupying what is becoming my go-to genre (true crime thriller) and showing us how good those can be. Using just 108 minutes to tell its story…
A weird way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I know.
John Kennedy represents the last great hope of a country that was killed by the military industrial complex and the greed of men. At least that’s Stone’s view, and for the most part it’s mine as well.
I think the Kennedy assassination was obviously a conspiracy, and the most important question regarding it isn’t who or what. It’s why.
Since 11/22/1963, those gunshots have echoed through the halls of justice…
If you start this movie at 10:30ish on New Year’s Eve, the clock will strike midnight around Cher and Andy Garcia’s duet of Fernando.
I honestly cant think of a better movie to flip the calendar from 2018 to 2019 with.
The first time I watched this was with my best female friend a day or 2 after I found out I got my job.
The last time I watched it, I had just gotten my first Manhattan apartment. Now…
Let’s just say it’s no coincidence that the people who say this “isn’t Star Wars” have awful opinions of what Star Wars is supposed to be.
Where The Force Awakens excels in delivering the greatest hits, The Last Jedi is an album of new stuff, retaining classic story elements while showing the maturity that the 8th movie in a series should have. Addressing the war in Star Wars being one of the most controversial, along with the audaciousness of showing that…
Between Lincoln, Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood, it feels like my fav Day-Lewis performance will always be the one I’ve seen most recently.
This movie’s messy, sure, but it arguably has the most thematic substance of Scorsese’s filmography and has aged better than I thought it would. Really solid picture!
And while I wouldn’t trade DDL’s masterful performance for the world, apparently Tom Hanks was offered the role of The Butcher. I really want to see what that would have looked like.
Meryl’s great, conservatives are terrible people, and this is one of my favorite things.
As powerful as the first time I saw it many years ago on a dark and stormy night.
As X said, we can pick apart the who and the what all we like, but 60 years on now, the argument really can’t be made that the “why” that Oliver Stone ended up at wasn’t dead on.
The Presidency is a transitory role, acquiesced completely to military might, and sadly every President since Jack has fully bought into the mania. And…
Current drunk me: this is a fucking masterpiece bro oh my god. Denis punch me daddy. Ryan bash my face in. Roger knock my fucking teeth out.
Future sober me: Blade Runner 2049 is what all sequels should aspire to be. It expands upon the world set up by the original, mining a deeper meaning while expanding the scope of the original, a gold standard of sci-fi storytelling. Can be watched on a loop until oblivion.