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Westerns can be scary too
8/10 Writer/director/producer Jordan Peele couldn’t resist releasing Nope, his follow-up to a film about doppelgangers riddled with 11:11 imagery, on a Friday the 22nd in 2022. Even his release dates are ripe with metatext. Agua Dulce, California- OJ and Em … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Nope, Us
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‘Candyman’ reboot doesn’t capture moment after pandemic delays
The Candyman reboot is a comprehensive media package, not just a movie, and the main problem is it doesn’t need to be. A two minute trailer covers most of the movie’s ground. Cabrini-Green, Chicago, 2019- 30 years after the events … Continue reading
The most important movies of 2019
Annual top 10 lists are dumb and arbitrary and I hate them, even as I’ve started doing them. We can do better here. Instead of a static list of 10 favorites, 10 peanuts with which to pack the year away … Continue reading
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Tagged #Disney, #martin scorsese, #quentin tarantino, #robert eggers, #spotlight, #star wars, #the lion king, 21 Bridges, A Hidden Life, Aladdin, Ari Aster, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bird Box, Black and Blue, Box Office Mojo, Captain Marvel, Dark Waters, Dumbo, Frozen II, It: Chapter 2, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Jordan Peele, Josh and Benny Safdie, Maleficent 2, Midsommar, Official Secrets, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Queen and Slim, Roma, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Disney Empire, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, The Mandalorian, The Report, Toy Story 4, Uncut Gems, Us
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‘Us’ a triumph of genre, auteur filmmaking
9/10 Leaving the theater for the first time, the only thing I’m 100 percent sure about Us is that I need to see it again. At their vacation home in Santa Cruz, California, the Wilson family, mother Adelaide, father Gabe … Continue reading
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Tagged #lupita nyongo, #the witch, doppelganger, Get Out, Hands Across America, Hereditary, Jordan Peele, smart horror, Suspiria, Us, Winston Duke
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The Möbius Strip- All ‘Captain Marvel’ all the time, ‘Us’ premiers at SXSW
Captain Marvel zoomed in to save the 2019 box office with a $153.4 million debut and $456.7 million worldwide. That ranks for the third highest March opening, the fifth highest international opening and the sixth highest worldwide opening on the … Continue reading
Posted in The Möbius strip
Tagged #black panther, #brie larson, #china, #mcu, #michael jackson, #oscars, #rotten tomatoes, #samuel l jackson, 2019 Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Grammies, Jordan Peele, Kong: Skull Island, Leaving Neverland, Peanut Butter Flacon, Shia LaBeouf, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Us
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