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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Once you forget that it’s an abomination, ‘Cats’ is decent
1/10 “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretches whom with such infinite pains and care I have endeavored to form? Their limbs are in proportion, and their features were selected as beautiful. Beautiful! … Continue reading
Simpering, cowardly ‘Rise of Skywalker’ grovels its way to saga’s end
2/10 In the aftermath of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so many disillusioned fans were demanding deep and specific revisions that the proposal to make a different version of the installment for each individual viewer became a running gag. It … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam driver, #daisy ridley, #Disney, #harrison ford, #john boyega, #lord of the rings, #mark hamill, #Oscar Isaac, #star wars, #star wars: the force awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Carrie Fisher, Disney’s unholy facial animation technology, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, J.J. Abrams and his fucking mystery boxes, Kathleen Kennedy, no one has done more damage to 21st century storytelling than J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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A savage, deeply cathartic ‘Marriage Story’
9/10 Writer/director/producer Noah Baumbach set out to create the universal divorce movie, and damn it all he seems to have done it. Noah Bumbach’s Marriage Story follows the increasingly acrimonious divorce of Charlie and Nicole Barber (Adam Driver and Scarlett … Continue reading
Scorsese lays out fears in ‘Irishman’
5/10 So, don’t tell anybody about this, but I think Martin Scorsese might be a little nervous about dying. In I Heard You Paint Houses — marketing title The Irishman — an elderly Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (Robert De Niro), … Continue reading
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Tagged #anna paquin, #leonardo dicaprio, #martin scorsese, #mcu, #robert de niro, #the departed, Al Pacino, Bill Bufalino, Frank Sheeran, Gemini Man, Goodfellas, I Heard You Paint Houses, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, The Irishman
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Horrifying ‘Torture Report’ brings evil to life
6/10 I wonder if this will finally get Ellen to dump George. The Torture Report chronicles Daniel J. Jones’ (Adam Driver) investigation into the U.S.’ torture of enemy combatants after the Sept. 11 attacks. A congressional aid for California Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam driver, #the big short, Amazon, An Inconvenient Truth, Deliverance, Scott Z. Burns, The Report, The Torture Report, Vice, X-Ray
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