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Cleverly picking and choosing disparate elements throughout the comics, the creators behind this one incorporated the Court of Owls storyline into a narrative that is ultimately a complex exploration into the relationship between a father and son. →Read more
Tarantino has the magical ability to make even the mundane mystifying. But the mesmerizing momentum present in his better movies is squeezed out of this movie by its hobbled pace (scenes are either too long, and what was once immersive becomes tedious) and jarring editing (or scenes are haphazardly peppered into the narrative with no concern for momentum or even relevance). →Read more
Bergman likes to torture his audience with some of the most unbearable suffering and dread but every now and then he offers us a fleeting moment of comfort, gratitude, and fulfillment. And like Agnes, we must, whatever may come, seize those moments before they pass us by. Because they will. →Read more
“The Social Dilemma” is the height of epistemic irresponsibility and hypocrisy. →Read more
I wanted to like this movie. I really did. →Read more
Unlike most modern superhero movies, “Birds of Prey” revels in having its own distinct style. The directing, use of color and props, set-design, make-up, and costuming are all heavily rooted in character yet ultimately amalgamated together into a candy-colored, circusy, and always raucous potpourri. →Read more
The acting is simultaneously melodramatic and engrossing. The narrative is meticulously crafted, yet never convoluted. The cinematography and noirish lighting has a vividness and, at times, rawness that paints tragic portraits of the characters’ inner lives. All of these bold stylistic choices combine to create an atmosphere that feels dream-like or, more accurately, nightmarish. →Read more
Overall, Iron Man 3 has better ideas in theory than in practice but it’s a valiant if largely forgettable attempt. →Read more
Raising Arizona reaches neither the visual nor the philosophical heights as some of their other movies, but it surely stands as one of the Coens’ most distinct, engaging, and funny concoctions. →Read more
A Fistful of Dollars oozes charisma and mystique in every one of its facets. →Read more
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