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Side Effects 2013
Definitely the better side of the coin that both this and Unsane have a face on. The trio completely kill their roles, Mara in particular. As clumsy as practically all of Soderbergh’s movies are, I just love how lean and unpredictable they remain. He never gives characters an ounce of mercy. Absolute sucker for those opening and closing shots.
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A Woman Is a Woman 1961
Incredibly fun and lively without the usual level of Godard pretensions that tend to keep me at arms length (yes, even if he has a character express his love for Breathless). Clearly beyond inspiring; there’s no PTA, or Chazelle, or many others without this, and it’s just brilliant to behold. So perfectly imperfect, its lens distortions and other technical details reading more as experimental features than off-putting bugs. What an absolute dream. The Jeanne Moreau cameo (with a pre-release reference to Jules and…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
Laughed manically at least twice and almost shed tears of joy with that bird’s eye long take. Just stacked on all fronts. And you have Rina Sawayama kicking ass? Hell yeah.
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Nope 2022
Builds up to this fascinating manifesto on the lengths we go to for content and spectacle, regardless of the price (monetary and human). The look at the lack of appreciation those behind the scenes get (and the consequences of poor filming conditions) creates some of the most horrifying set pieces in ages.
Following in the footsteps of previous Peele endeavors, Nope is intriguing and captivating enough to offer basic thrills to those purely seeking that, but don’t expect them to come in…
