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Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
Openly and refreshingly sexual. No punches are pulled. The translated tagline says it all: “Life has its way of teaching us. Life has its way of confusing us. Life has its way of changing us. Life has its way of astonishing us. Life has its way of hurting us. Life…
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District B13 (2004)
Belle and Rafaelli have some fucking sweet moves. Good chemistry between them. Very French. Cursed with goofy acting from no-name actors (are these people rally famous in France?), wannabe coolness, and cheesy synthesized score of modern French cinema.
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African American Lives (2006–2008)
Good stuff. Well-written and well-made. Gates is friendly, informative, and well-spoken. Pretty impressive group of people coming together for this thing. Oprah’s pretty amazing.
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World Trade Center (2006)
Quality filmmaking by Stone. Emotional, yes, but I felt it was lacking a story. Perhaps the emotion was amplified by the freshness of the subject matter. Who was #20?
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The Brown Bunny (2003)
Does this movie have any qualities? Monumentally boring. Who is this Gallo guy? He’s just not interesting or entertaining enough to just watch. I think he just wanted to get his dick in a film.
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Roll Bounce (2005)
Unassuming, retro performances and average-looking actors make it feel genuine. You don’t find a lot of that in most historical pieces. Story’s OK.
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
Hollywood and IMAX meet somewhere in the middle, and the result is interesting and entertaining. Would have preferred to hear from real astronauts rather than be distracted by celebrity impersonations. Nice effects. The moon dramatizations are pretty good. Where/how did they shoot all that? After repetitive and desperate attempts to…
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Children of Men (2006)
Interesting story and characters, nicely paced, wonderful tension, some marvelously long takes, intense action, and beautifully shot and color-graded. There’s even some subtle, well-placed comedy in there. There are a lot of really good things about this movie. Cuarón is talented.
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The Longest Day (1962)
A bit of sugarcoating (was everyone really raring to go?), but at the same time, it doesn’t pull many punches. Overall, it seems to be a pretty faithful, lengthy, documentary-style look at what went on. Pretty impressive cast. Irina Demick was a hottie. The different languages helps to make it…
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Some good 80’s humor (mostly by Hanks), but a lot of awful 80’s goofball humor. The coke-snorting donkey was pretty funny. Was that the same alley I saw in Return of the Dragon? Hanks used to be very funny, verbally and physically. What happened to him? It’s been years since…
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