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★★★★★ Liked Watched 26 Aug 2012 2

Tonight he’ll be at Rick’s. Eventually everyone goes to Rick’s.

Casablanca (1942) is one of the best movies of all time. It came out in the midst of World War II and yet doesn’t come close to the cheap tricks or laborious lectures of propaganda . Still, the context is there and an agenda. It won Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay Oscars. Some of dialogue is known by everyone. There are plenty of movies that won awards and had quotable…

★★★★★ Liked Watched 15 Oct 2013

It is much more disheartening to have to steal than to be stolen from.

I typically shy away from the term “masterpiece”. Perhaps that is because I conflate it with perfection rather than the mere work of a master. That perfection should be obvious to everyone and be separate from nostalgia and historical context–unless context is a conscious ingredient–and thus applies to very few films. In film, being a collaborative medium with so many people at work that go unseen…

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★★★ Watched 08 Dec 2025

A full script, which I love. I was so constantly embarrassed for our main character, that it was tough to watch. When the party ends, I sighed with relief that he couldn't hurt himself any more (in front of me).

★★★½ Liked Rewatched 07 Dec 2025 3

Mystery, thriller, espionage, WWII. Even Verhoeven, when making a movie like this, becomes conventional because the material or the canvas allows him to say everything he wants to about survivors, callous villains, human cruelty and a modicum of decency. With a little nudity thrown in.

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★★ Watched 29 Jul 2021 1

Given that I didn't know exactly what I was in for, it is churlish of me to say I was very disappointed, but I was very disappointed. I saw good reviews, classical story, beautiful images, and thought "Finally, after over a year and a half, I'm finally going to see something awesome." Instead, Lowery made something decidedly weird. Admirably, there's no hand-holding through its nebulous plot and indecipherable motivations, but there was no relief from that nebulous indecipherablity. I saw…

★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2022 4

It certainly feels every minute of 3 hours, but in a way that's a good thing. In an age of blitzkrieg plotting, a little time for a mystery to develop is nice. Problem is that the mystery, I suspect, barely holds up to scrutiny as the Batman, as parodied in the Adam West film, simply leaps from clue to clue until the conclusion is revealed to him (not by him). As my buddy Tyler often remarks on the Nolan films,…

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