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‘Charlie’s Angels’ poorly made, poorly sold
3/10 Charlie’s Angels was immediately an interesting idea, taking old sexploitation from the ‘70s and repurposing it as a movie about, by and for women. This is readily apparent in the marketing, which doesn’t seem to be aimed at moviegoers … Continue reading
‘Ford v Ferrari’ less the true story, more the story you want to be true
7/10 There’s a clear intent behind Ford v Ferrari that’s successfully born out. The intent to evoke the type of movie you’d find channel surfing on a Sunday afternoon, its 152-minute runtime expanded to fill a three or four hour … Continue reading
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Tagged #aaron sorkin, #christian bale, Ford Motor Company, Ford v Ferrari, James Mangold, Josh Lucas, Le Mans '66, Matt Damon, Moneyball
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ is good for the first half hour, then gets sad
4/10 At its outset, Jojo Rabbit is everything it’s promised to be, sort of like the most twisted Wes Anderson movie ever made. With cheerful colors, square compositions and sharply angled camera moves, the film opens on a Hitler Youth … Continue reading
Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ a crass excuse to play Tourette’s, also an evocative and rewarding film
5/10 Motherless Brooklyn feels less like a movie and more like Edward Norton and his pals playing dress-up, and that’s not the worst concept for a movie I’ve ever heard of. New York City, 1957- Lionel Essrog (Norton, who also … Continue reading
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Tagged #alec baldwin, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, Tourette Syndrome, Willem Dafoe
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‘Doctor Sleep’ made with love, pulled down by editing
6/10 As the ‘10s come to a close, the 30-year cycle of media nostalgia for the ‘80s is in full swing. The specific subset of romance for Stephen King media reaches its theoretical nadir with Doctor Sleep, both a sequel … Continue reading
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Tagged #rebecca ferguson, #the shining, Doctor Sleep, Ewan McGregor, Mike Flanagan, Stanely Kubrick, Stephen King
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