Came for the practical effects stayed for the unpredictable stories and unique style. Everything happens in 3's and sometimes there is a tragedy or a twist that would never happen in a Disney adaptation. You just don't see stuff like this anymore. Reminds me a bit of "The Laughing Salesman" in that sense. Retro and ambivalent vibes. A kind of dark that no newer shows/movies do. Nowadays, there is super...
The film reaches near perfection in storytelling and acting. Phoenix is at his best. He conceptualized the reality of living in fear without reprieve. Each scene, each smirk or facial gesture even, is passionate. Is the Joker an everyman? A pathetic fool? A clown in clown shoes? Well, the audience can decide how the character resonates with their personality. I am glad it was put on the screen. The...
Chinese movie about illegal gambling operations. Follows a guy who gets hired for a job but gets bait&switched into being a prisoner in one of these operations, where he must code or get shot, as well as a lady who operates one of those online poker things in the same facility. They and others attempt to get messages out for help, while the movie shows the destruction of life by these exploitative...
Based on the description, you might assume that it's some big gay love triangle between the middle aged manager dude and the young lady, but it's not at all. In fact, it's very well done and the characters are quite nuanced, and manages to avoid some of the worst tropes (cringe love scenes and muh time travel) in K-dramas. Lee Ji-un plays an insufferable c**t as always, but it matches the tone of...
Someone suggested it to me in university. I don't watch animes so maybe that's why but it was a bit strange and fantastical. Entertaining nonetheless, the main character is a regular dude in some club with several other magical characters and the girl called haruhi. Each episode involves some other event with these strange characters
I wanted to respond affirmatively to SteadyHands' review but it won't let me. Anyways, mediocre pro-integration propaganda set when Whites were still (rightfully) apprehensive about being forced together with blaques as gunpoint. It's a koombaya everyone hold hands happy ending movie that tastes particularly bitter given how Whites are being raped and murdered by blaques with impunity now, as was the...
Great movie, which you will love if you liked the Matrix. It displays humanity as merely a playtoy for a reality that background forces rig, again and again and again. In many ways, it has the elements of the matrix, but without an anonymous computer entity behind it. Of course, this makes sense, since "Dark City" came out before the Matrix. It is more artistically done, and has less fighting scenes...
This was an unexpected nice little popcorn flick on my Netflix account. A David vs. Goliath storyline, a bit unfortunate maybe that it's a strong whamen leading the rebels against an evil patriarchal empire, and there are anti-nationalist bits here and there, but not too egregiously done. It's a long movie, and there is a second part already out, with 4 more parts planned (or so I hear). The villain...
This film is creative and has good photography, but it didn't leave me particularly moved. There's clever humor that can be appreciated though. For example, there is a scene where grown up men strive for security in the modern womb - symbolized by a cave they dug out. There is a dark theme, with a desire to provoke, but most of the criticism falls flat. For example, the film tries to criticize the...
A pretty ok movie for a night if you enjoy a timetwist movie. It is based on a good idea, but the execution is not great. The acting is pleasing, but the love story is not excellent
The film kept my interest despite my plea for a premise. Three generations of photojournalists take a death-defying journey to get an interview with the President of the United States during the Civil War. Texas and California are unifying in their succession. The Western forces are the good guys. I wish there were more nuance and description of why this Civil War emerged. Without spoiling anything,...
2.9 Stars I found Late Night With The Devil pretty forgettable. It felt like the film was dripping out of my awareness as soon as It ended. Both the humor and horror elements in the film just weren't solid, both of these seem like they got too little attention in comparison to the cultivated 70s style parody of Late Night Talk shows. Framing choices established at the beginning of the film leave things...
"A Clockwork Orange," released in 1971 and directed by Stanley Kubrick, remains a cinematic landmark over 50 years later, continuing to provoke thought and discussion with its themes of violence, free will, and the nature of humanity. Set in a dystopian future where societal decay is rampant, the film follows the story of Alex DeLarge, a charismatic but morally bankrupt young man who leads a gang...
"Civil War," directed by Alex Garland, offers a gripping exploration of journalistic ethics set against the backdrop of a fractured United States embroiled in conflict. Garland's film delves deep into the heart of a nation torn apart by ideological divisions, presenting a stark portrayal of the culture war raging within its borders. At its core, "Civil War" is a meditation on the role of journalism...
Had this movie been released today, it would have been cancelled because women are portrayed in a starkly realistic manner. The protagonist, David Gale is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas and a staunch opponent of the death penalty. Minutes after he gets off the stage debating the governor of Texas on the death penalty, he is put under arrest for rape. Days earlier, Professor...
The strengths and weaknesses of Back to the Future II were very much reflective of the epoch when this movie was produced. The film was released just a year after Reagan left office and it still very much was “Morning in America”. It was an era defined not only by the rising individualism but also by a profound optimism that defined America’s national identity at the time. The free markets flourished,...
Although Neo is the protagonist of the entire Matrix trilogy, Smith is by far the more insightful character who sheds light on the role of government and transnational corporations in our lives. At the time of the creation of this movie, the threat to our liberties that Smith embodied seemed exaggerated at best. Yet, that was only a couple of a few years before the Patriot Act was legislated. At the...
utter bullsh*t
Preachy bullsh*t with a bunch of yelling to create the feeling of drama/tension because Sam Levinson can't write a decent script to save his life
St. Elsewhere is a hospital drama with plenty of soapy and over the top story elements (a hospital rapist who stalks the hospital for two seasons !!) and plenty of quirky and memorable characters (Dr. Craig), which is still watchable today, but slowly every season this show become slightly more woke and you can see more and more boom mics. What became surprisingly noticeable is the anti-gentile subtext...
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