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‘The Last Duel’ a brilliant work of storytelling, period action, and a nervous apology
9/10 The Last Duel doesn’t just tell a story, it builds one, layer by layer, interlocking and leaving gaps at all the perfect points, creating a pyramid worth observing as a whole, as individual layers and as connections between the … Continue reading
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Tagged #metoo, Ben Affleck, Gladiator, Good Will Hunting, Harvey Weinstein, Jodie Comer, Kingdom of Heaven, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, The Last Duel
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‘Halloween Kills’ lumbers dully, aimlessly through theaters
1/10 Halloween Kills is a film after Michael Myers’ own heart, a mindless machine doing something no one really wants over and over again with no distinguishing features, nothing to say, no discernible motive and no discernible reason why audiences … Continue reading
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Tagged Haddonfield, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, Pontiac Illinois city budget
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A24 as genre in ‘Lamb’
3/10 As movies continue to centralize and series entries become more uniform, A24 studios, which still feels like an upstart studio after nine years in operation, has been a haven for weirder films. But as the distributor has become more … Continue reading
A strange ‘Time to Die’ for Bond in the MCU era
8/10 What a long, strange trip it’s been for James Bond in the 21st century. In No Time to Die, we rejoin Cmdr. James Bond (Daniel Craig, who also produces), retired for the third time in Craig’s run with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman Begins, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Eon Productions, James Bond, MCU, No Time to Die, Rami Malek, Skyfall, Spectre
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Palme d’Or winner ‘Titane’ gorgeous, wild experience, but once is plenty
8/10 Film is traditionally seen as a director’s art form – for better or worse – and one of the primary tensions of the Disney era has been watching more and more decisions get taken out of the director’s hands. … Continue reading
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