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Sound of Metal (2019)
Powerful. Should be an easy Oscar win for the exquisite sound design. Fantastic performances by mostly unknowns. Ahmed is fantastic in the lead, and Amalric gives the rest of the cast a solid tether. Only thing I don’t totally get is why his relationship with Louise ended. It’s implied that…
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Marriage Story (2019)
The tragic, downward spiral of broken love and divorce. A wonderfully tragic illustration of how getting courts involved can make things expensive and ugly very quickly. If there’s a better movie about divorce, I haven’t seen it. Cynical name for the title. Good drama, painful to watch. The scene where…
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Coming 2 America (2021)
Expected a disappointment, but I liked it! As good a sequel as they could have made. I even found it a bit touching. Great to get so much of the old cast back, more impressive considering it’s 33 years since the first film. So many great cameos that I had…
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Tenet (2020)
Classic Nolan fare, with a clever, mind-bending, intense story, polished lighting, photography, and editing, seamless and impossible effects, and a heavy, droning score. I think I’m with most people when I say that the story was hard to follow. There are so many things happening to so many people in…
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Jenkins and Gadot did an admirable job with the first one, but they both lost a lot of cred here. The story is an absolute mess, to the point that it’s hard to care about any of the characters. Pascal does his best, but his character… grants wishes? That what…
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Beautiful, but very weird. What you’d expect from an art film. As a period piece, it’s exceptional. Sets, costumes, the beautiful photography, pacing, and performances all seem truly authentic. Really great historical flavor. But as a descent into madness, something’s not right. Howard, in particular, is mad from the start,…
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Death to 2020 (2020)
Sadly funny. Well-written, a lot of rapid-fire puns. Fishburne’s voiceover is deadpan perfect. Only the English could pull off something this smartly critical and witty. Amazing how they got so many of these stars to participate, interesting how so many different personalities were successfully directed to deliver the same kind…
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
A nice continuation of the Prometheus story, and a really good opportunity to continue the story further. Would love for Scott to tie things up with one more film to complete the trilogy. I know I’m in the minority here, with most critics and viewers destroying this film. Yes, sloppy…
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
I liked the first Godzilla in Legendary’s MonsterVerse a lot more. This one got a bit silly, and now I’m a bit worried about the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong. A very thin story with lots of strange and stupid plot leaps. Titans make hurricanes? And not just any hurricanes, category…
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
Robin was a great mind and spirit, wasn’t he? Thorough and thoughtful. Great to have so much voiceover from Robin, and so much great commentary from his friends. Would have been nice to dig a little bit deeper into the darkness that drove him, though. I think there was something…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,388 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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