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Sandler’s sweaty, slimy fever dream ‘Uncut Gems’
9/10 The opening shot of Uncut Gems is a long push. First, we go deep into a raw black opal, a cousin of which will become central to the plot, seeing, as they say you can, the entire universe in … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam sandler, #martin scorsese, Good Time, Kevin Garnett, Passover, Shavuot, the Safdie brothers, The Wolf of Wall Street, Uncut Gems
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‘Little Women’ charming, too difficult to follow
4/10 Louisa May Alcott’s original novel “Little Women” was published in two volumes in 1868 and ’69 straddling a three-year in-narrative timeskip, then published as a single volume in 1880. In this, the seventh film adaptation of the material, writer/director … Continue reading
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Tagged #(500) days of summer, #emma watson, Florence Pugh, Greta Gerwig, Inception, Lady Bird, Little Woman, Looper, Queen and Slim, Saoirse Sornan
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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
