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Nope 2022

★★★★½ Rewatched 03 Sep 2022 7

Where was Emerald when her father died? Where was Emerald while OJ was driving him to the hospital? Where was Emerald as OJ stood in front of the commercial production crew? When she did show up finally, during her speech about the history of Haywood Hollywood Horses and proper on-set horse etiquette, the one part she flubbed was the number of “greats” of her great-great-great-grandfather— the one part she flubbed was the part about the importance of family. When Emerald…
Procession 2021

★★★★½ Watched 08 Nov 2021

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I was so, so incredibly fortunate to have seen this film at its premiere at the Missouri Theatre, followed by a Q&A with director Robert Greene and most of the main cast. I am going to spoil some moments from this, so please, do not read this until after you’ve already seen it when it arrives on Netflix this month. Every minute of this film is worth taking in.
At the premiere, Greene said something incredibly interesting, which was that…

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White Chicks 2004

★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2023

Just looking at their faces is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Just. Whenever they do or say anything. It’s so good. The movie didn’t need anything else besides their faces to be outrageously funny. And then it also had some pretty good jokes and plotting. And Terry Crews. I’m all aboard the White Chicks train.
Shaun of the Dead 2004

★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2023 1

This film does that really special thing a movie can do where it makes you actively aware of how it was made while you’re watching it.
You’re not only seeing the crash zooms and whip-pans, but they’ve been intentionally brought out by the sound design and fast cutting.
When you can see how something is being made, one’s natural urge might be to think they could try and replicate it (at least that’s my urge). But the more I watched…

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