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Facing Nolan (2022)
A nice love letter to Nolan, though it’s sweetly just as much about his wife Ruth. Seeing and hearing the love from his family makes the Hall of Fame speech at the end more touching. Great interviews. Shame Ventura couldn’t man up for this one. But interspersing the interviews and…
Full ReviewRoad House (2024)
A loose remake of the original, and there’s nothing good here. Unimpressive story, casting, acting, characters, dialogue. This is just popcorn violence, though the fights are well-shot. I like Gyllenhaal, and he’s got some impressive muscles, but with a goofy grin and awkward hesitation before delivering each line of dialogue,…
Full ReviewDune: Part Two (2024)
I know it’s an old story, coming from Herbert’s 1965 novel, but I can’t help but see the parallels to other films with same story. I’m thinking of the search for “the One” in “The Matrix” and the outsider falling in love with a local and passing all the tests…
Full ReviewPoor Things (2023)
A philosophical and erotic dark comedy based in some sort of steampunk alternate reality, definitely something different. It’s got much of the same whimsy as Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (especially the scene where Jim Carrey plays a baby version of himself), skies like impressionist paintings similar…
Full ReviewThirteen Lives (2022)
Good companion piece to The Rescue. This one’s basically the same, only with a bit of Hollywood polish. Beautifully shot. The cave scenes were surely hard to shoot and so claustrophobic that they’re hard to watch. Viggo and Colin, both playing low-key simpletons, do a nice job with the accents…
Full ReviewPolice Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Not good. The formula barely worked for the first film, now it’s totally done. Guttenberg is still painfully unfunny. In retrospect, it’s hard to believe Bobcat made a career of this schtick.
Full ReviewPolice Academy (1984)
I guess it’s an original storyline, but the comedy is very lowbrow, even for the 80’s. Steve Guttenberg is painfully unfunny and uncharming.
Full ReviewMigration (2023)
Animation is nice, but there’s nothing particularly funny or touching or clever about this one.
Full ReviewThe Boy and the Heron (2023)
The beautiful Miyazaki animation and Hisaishi score that we’ve come to know and love, but this one was totally weird. Many moments during the story when I had no idea what was going on.
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