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  • Chronicle of a Boy Alone

    ★★★★

  • Carry-On

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  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

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  • Queer

    Queer 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 07 Oct 2024 18

    Luca Guadagnino's projected fever dream of William Burough's "Queer" is an enigma of a film, which isn't surprising given the novel was considered unadaptable. I haven't read the novel, so I can't judge it it's a successful translation but it makes for a striking experience. This is Cinema with a capital C. I woke up thinking about it. The images have seared themselves into my psyche. Always a huge plus. As a narrative, there's a lot left to be desired,…

  • Wicked

    Wicked 2024

    ★★★ Watched 20 Nov 2024 25

    How could I dislike a film so much only to be wowed by its finale? It was like whiplash at the movies. After a promising start, our leading ladies are stuck at a school with some of the most hideous production design and art direction I've seen for a film of this kind. I was wishing for something beautiful and lived-in like the Harry Potter films. I also found the costume and hair design to be an eyesore as was…

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  • Maria

    Maria 2024

    ★★★ Watched 12 Dec 2024 2

    A biopic in which the most interesting aspect isn't Angeline Jolie as Maria Calls but Kodi Smit-McPhee playing a sedative. A Quaalude to be exact.

    For a good hour, Pablo Larraín's final film in his trilogy of famous, sad, and obscenely wealthy women, seduced me with its beauty. Cinematographer Edward Lachman had me in awe (his work always does). I was even on board with Angelina Jolie, despite never forgetting she was playing dress up. As I'm a sucker for…

  • Oh, Canada

    Oh, Canada 2024

    ★★½ Watched 12 Dec 2024 5

    Being taken on a journey through the memories and recollections of a dying man’s life could certainly make for a compelling watch. Unfortunately Paul Schrader, one of my favorite directors, misses the mark here.

    Richard Gere and Jocob Elordi, who are both good, play Leo Fife, a documentarian, who agrees to participate in a documentary about his life. Elordi plays the younger version while Gere is the older present day one. Shrader plays around a bit by abruptly having Gere…

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  • Society of the Snow

    Society of the Snow 2023

    ★★★★½ Watched 23 Dec 2023 9

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    What miracle?

    Thirty years ago, Hollywood released their version about the ill-fated flight transporting a rugby team. After crashing deep within the Andes mountains, the team would eventually have to eat the dead in order to survive. It's well-made but you never truly feel the terror of the situation. The recognizable faces of Ethan Hawke and Danny Nucci along with a Hollywood Spielbergian sheen creates a sense of security.

    This iteration, while also having great production values, is a far…

  • Glass Onion

    Glass Onion 2022

    ★★½ Watched 23 Nov 2022 27

    Immediately dated (pandemic jokes), too clever by half and indulgently overlong, Rian Johnson's follow-up to the refreshingly clever and entertaining Knives Out, fails to live up to the hype made by festival audiences. Or it could just be me? Chances are I'm an outlier here but I couldn't wait for it to end.

    While there are plenty of funny moments and the actors do well with what they're given, spending two plus hours with most of these characters is a…

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