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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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‘Vice’ wastes spectacular cast in disorganized docu-comedy
5/10 In 2015, tired of making Will Ferrell movies, Adam McKay wrote and directed The Big Short, a strange docu-comedy that aimed to explain to mass audiences how the 2008 economic collapse happened, and that movie won a ton of … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam mckay, #christian bale, #naomi watts, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, The Wolf of Wall Street, Vice
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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
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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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Todd Phillips wanted to make a true crime movie, but all he could manage was Hangover 4
Steven James @StevenLeeJames War Dogs, the latest from writer/director Todd Phillips, tries to be a black comedy that makes the audience emotional, a crime movie, an entertaining comedy that puts exaggerated characters into grounded situations, a political satire and an … Continue reading
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Tagged #jonah Hill, #miles teller, #wardogs, bradley cooper, Hangover, Hangover 4, Hangover Part II, Hangover Part III, Scarface, The Wolf of Wall Street, Todd Phillips, War Dogs, War Dogs is a less fun Wolf of Wall Street knockoff, War Dogs is a sad version of Scarface, Why is Bradley Cooper in this
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