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The poorly fitting patchwork of del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
What’s happened is writer/director/producer Guillermo del Toro has made the same movie he’s been making for 30 years and stitched a heavily altered Sparknotes version of “Frankenstein” overtop of it, just detailed enough that you’ll hear some of the main … Continue reading
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The more things stay the same from ‘X’ to ‘Pearl’
8/10 In March, A24 released writer/director/editor/producer Ti West’s X, a time capsule of a slasher film set in 1979 in which amateur pornographers run headfirst into exactly the kind of sadistic murderers who would fill the void pornography was about … Continue reading
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Tagged A24, COVID-19 crisis, Mia Goth, Pearl, The Wizard of Oz, Ti West, X
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An ‘X’ -rated time capsule
8/10 X is a period piece from behind the camera, a celebration of long-expired tastes to tell a story contrasting the generation that popularized them, the passive changes time brings and the active reactions to those changes. Texas, 1979, the … Continue reading
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Tagged A24, Actual pornography, Halloween, Mia Goth, Scott Mescudi, Slahsers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Ti West, X
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‘Emma’ delightful, but only for moments at a time
6/10 Luxurious period comedy Emma is absolutely raucous at points, but as it wears on, it just doesn’t spend enough time being funny. Hartfield, England, early 1800s- Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy), handsome, clever and rich, has lived nearly 21 years … Continue reading
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Tagged #anya taylor-joy, Bill Nighy, Downton Abbey, Emma, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Mia Goth
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‘Suspiria’ is thoughtful, but it’s tough to watch two movies at once
6/10 Suspiria, a forgettable proto-slasher from 1977 that became a cult classic in retrospect, has been remade for 2018, and director/producer Luca Guadagnino has done something rather thoughtful with it. The original is set in West Germany – Freiburg, to … Continue reading
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