David Turgay

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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 1994

★★★½ Watched by David Turgay 03 Jul 2022

In true Haneke fashion, there's no way out, no hope, just (mostly) misery and eventual death. The style works quite well by depicting these different lives. Only Haneke's obvious obsessions with TV/news violence drag the film down a little bit.
Milk Money 1994

★ Watched by David Turgay 03 Jul 2022

The stupidity of this film knows no bounds. From the very first scene, where three boys talk about sexuality like no boys of any age have ever talked about sexuality, the film stumbles along with its inane premise, getting more stupid by the second. The way it portrays women and men and everything is baffling at best. Ed Harris somehow manages to come off as good in this mess, but you have to question his willingness to take part in it at all.

La Haine 1995

★★★★ Watched by David Turgay 22 Jun 2022

A film that has such power in its cinematography and determination in how it portrays its characters that it almost implodes under the weight of it all.
Top Gun: Maverick 2022

★★½ Watched by David Turgay 01 Jul 2022

It clings to the original like a desperate ex-partner, it telegraphs every story beat with a screenplay that makes us rehearse the last act five times before it comes, it naturally doesn't allow Tom Cruise to be anything less than The Savior Of All Things, it love machines more than the characters in 'Crash', its politics pretend to be bland and neutral but are simply pro-American all the way... um, no, I don't get it. Is it partly effective and…