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Revisiting ‘Uncut Gems’ eight months later
I’ve been revisiting a lot of recently streaming favorites in quarantine, and I wanted to take a few minutes to write about a movie that I don’t think I gave its due on initial examination. Uncut Gems is a frustrating … 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
Posted in White Noise
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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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
Posted in Entropy
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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