Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Reviewed on Jun 8, 2024

A wonderful installment from Toho. They’ve abandoned the guy in a suit, embraced CGI, added a real story with real character arcs and real acting, and it works. I thought Godzilla (2014) was pretty good, but this one may be the best Godzilla movie yet. Action is great, we’ve never…

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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)

Reviewed on Jun 5, 2024

Seems to be made for fans of the series, but I have never seen nor even heard of Venture Bros., so I’ve got no idea what’s going on. I had a hard time deciphering who each character was, how they related to each other, what they want, or what happening…

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Reviewed on May 11, 2024

Cage is the star of the film, and he’s simultaneously making fun of the crazy phenomenon he has become. The script they are writing is this movie. It’s all very meta and reminiscent of Being John Malkovitch in so many ways. Cage is entertaining. How much of this is biographical,…

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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

Reviewed on May 2, 2024

Cinematic and dramatic and personal and well-researched and meta. So interesting and beautiful to watch. Despite the tremors, Fox has still got it. He’s charming, funny, smart, and through the tremors, he still teases us with that winning smile. The wit, clever expressions, and insights imply a playful but deep…

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It Ain’t Over (2022)

Reviewed on Apr 9, 2024

A wonderful biography and love letter to a really good guy. Just sorry it couldn’t be completed before his passing. Quality interviews from a great selection of family and friends and players. I’m impressed at how knowledgeable and passionate his granddaughter was. Swisher is a clown. Touching send-offs during the…

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South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)

Reviewed on Mar 29, 2024

Amazing how they keep cranking these funny, amazingly topical episodes. It’s really smart at first, but the same jokes and social criticisms over and over start to get old. How did Kennedy become such a target?

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Facing Nolan (2022)

Reviewed on Mar 23, 2024

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…

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Road House (2024)

Reviewed on Mar 22, 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,…

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Dune: Part Two (2024)

Reviewed on Mar 7, 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…

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Poor Things (2023)

Reviewed on Jan 29, 2024

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…

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