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  Madeline's Madeline 2018

  ★★ Watched by Jeremy Jones 07 Mar 2019

  Would it be too much to ask for the subject of any shot in the film to be in focus, in frame, or unobstructed? The style isn't unfamiliar to me, but in this case the camera work detracted from rather than enhanced the story.

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  78/52 2017

  ★★★★ Watched by Jeremy Jones 10 Sep 2018

  I love films about films. This is a particularly competent and passionate example.

Popular reviews

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  The Man from Earth 2007

  ★ Watched by Jeremy Jones 10 Aug 2014 4

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

  The Man from Earth really blew my mind. In particular, I'm dumbfounded by the fact that this has an 8.0 on the IMDb with 95,000 ratings, because the movie is top to bottom shit.

  In essence, a group of mediocre actors sit in a room, dressed like extras from a MacGyver episode with a production quality to match, and spew a bunch of college textbook bullshit at each other and their friend who claims to be a 14,000 year old…

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  Silver Linings Playbook 2012

  ★★★★★ Watched by Jeremy Jones 12 Jan 2013 1

  I knew I would like this movie as soon as it began. I didn't know that over the course of the next two hours I would grow to love it. Silver Linings Playbook has genuine charm, and the sort of rich, complex, faulted-but -likable characters that are rare in movies. The film is hilarious at times and devastatingly, subtly sad at others.

  Bradley Cooper's matter-of-fact portrayal of a bi-polar person is easily one of my favorites of the year. He's got real acting chops. And this is the best role Robert Deniro has filled in at least a decade. The man's still got it.