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Many unkind things about Olivia Wilde
4/10 I like Olivia Wilde as an actress. I’ve never met her, but I’m sure she’s a very nice lady. Now that’s out of the way, Don’t Worry Darling is a lukewarm mess, not terrible, interesting enough to be as … Continue reading
Did they really do a full Academy Awards show for 2020?
I spent January dicking around, procrastinating on the usual year-end routines for a film writer. Going through those particular motions after 2020, acting like we’d gotten a full slate of movies, felt dishonest. It felt boring. I didn’t do a … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged 2020, 93rd Academy Awards, Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Another Round, Anthony Hopkins, Birds of Prey, Chadwick Boseman, Chloe Zhao, coronavirus, COVID-19 crisis, Daniel Kaluuya, David Fincher, Francis Mcdormand, Fred Hampton, Gary Oldman, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Mulan, Netflix, Nomadland, Oscars, Oscars 2021, Pieces of a Woman, Shia LaBeouf, Tenet, The Father, Trial of the Chicago 7, Vanessa Kirby
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‘Honey Boy’ enumerates, hopefully concludes LaBeouf’s long troubles
Honey Boy is a decent movie as a viewer, but it’s not for viewers. It’s for Shia LaBeouf. Honey Boy is LaBeouf’s autobiographical retelling of his childhood stardom and abuse at the hands of his father, Jeffrey, and his troubled … Continue reading
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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Election week arthouse binge part 3: American Honey
American Honey is a vibrant mashup of a coming-of-age road movie and a smut film, blending shock value with a unique emotional experience. The film follows Star (Sasha Lane), a late teenager in a bad situation. She happens across a traveling magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #A24, #alfred hitchcock, #it follows, #lord of the rings, #quentin tarantino, #stanley kubrick, #the graduate, #the social network, American Graffiti, American Honey, Andrea Arnold, Cannes Film Festival, Confederate flags, Detroit, Only Lovers Left Alive, Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, The Midwest, The Wolf of Wall Street, trash, TV dinner, When I'm dead just throw me in the trash, White trash
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