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Dune: Part Two continues the journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he joins the native Fremen of Arrakis to fight against his enemies from House Harkonnen. Paul continues to be haunted by visions and dreams; the same that warned him not to try to stop the process of life, but to "flow" with it now warns him of horrors if he gains control. But again, we can't stop the process.

I saw this a day after watching the first one, as part of my journey to catch up on as many Best Picture nominees as I could. Even though I enjoyed the first one, I found this one to be better. Maybe it's the thrill of the climax, or maybe it's the fact that it brings closure to most of the plotlines that were set up in the first one. Whatever the reason, I found myself glued to the TV during the last act and I loved the places the story went to.

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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, 2005

Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) is an elderly man living alone who one night begins to experience a headache and stomach pains. Eventually calling an ambulance, he is shuttled from hospital to hospital by EMT Mioara (Luminita Gheorghiu). Through the night, various doctors dismiss the pair and push them on to different hospitals and Lazarescu’s condition deteriorates.

This is a harrowing watch---though not without moments of humor!--that effectively makes its point about how people are allowed to fall through the cracks and the absolute injustice that those who are socially isolated can be denied a good death.



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I'd go with the carefree and senseless, but lots of fun? I was too busy rolling my eyes and looking for bloopers.

I did see it tonight and i enjoyed the hell out of it.

It reminded me a bit like Upgrade (2018), which is a favorite of mine.

There were cringe worthy gore moments.

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Mickey 17 - (2025)

Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) joins up for an interplanetary colonization mission in the year 2054 because he's on the run from loan sharks with friend Timo (Steven Yeun), and since he has no qualifications he signs up for the worst job there is on the mission - as an "expendable". Expendables are the crew members sent out to meet certain death - safe in the knowledge that their memories will be reimplanted into a printed out replica body after they die. When the 17th iteration of Mickey makes it back to home base after being left for dead, he comes face to face with Mickey 18, and has to deal with what has become one of humanity's most wicked taboos - being a "Multiple". I thought there were a lot of interesting places this Bong Joon Ho sci-fi comedy could go (see Moon, or Infinity Pool), but instead it all felt rather prosaic and lacking in imagination. I did appreciate the inclusion of a Donald Trump proxy - Kenneth Marshall is a narcissistic, egomaniacal ex-politician who has a cult-like following who don red baseball caps - he's played by Mark Ruffalo, who seems to be exploring pompous, camp characters these days.

Throughout the film people keep asking Mickey what it's like to die - moments that are usually set up as being insensitive and uncaring. The fact that Mickey is an expendable seems to naturally preclude his fellow crew members really caring about him at all (Marshall and the expeditions scientists like to use him as a human guinea pig). I thought the fact that this was a person who had died multiple times might be explored in some seriously thoughtful manner, but the plot also involves alien creatures on the planet the crew are colonizing and it's not long before the more visceral parts of the narrative take over. I was a little disappointed with the production design, with the snow-bound, rock-strewn planet resembling Earth and the aliens having a rather mediocre design. The final act really lacked surprise - but I guess even the greatest of filmmakers can't be struck with divine inspiration all of the time. For me, if Bong Joon Ho makes a basically "average" movie then that's a bit of a let-down - but perhaps Mickey 17 will grow on me over time. That is, if I decide to watch it again. (Oh, and the year should be 2154 - no way will we be in the midst of colonizing distant planets with technology like that 29 years from now.)

6/10


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High Sierra - (1941)

Bogart had to see off rivals such as Paul Muni and George Raft in order to star in this, his biggest star-making movie to that date - and even then Ida Lupino nabbed first-billing from him at the last minute after her previous film, They Drive by Night, became a big hit. What High Sierra is though is a film which revolves around the character of past-it gangster Roy Earle, who Bogart was born to play. Earle is let out of prison, pardoned, and ordered to pull off one more heist - but the tough guy finds himself softening. He falls for a young girl and pays for her operation to cure her clubfoot, adopts a dog and befriends Marie Garson (Ida Lupino) - the world has changed since he last saw it, and so has he. All the same, his destiny beckons when one thing after another related to the heist goes wrong and Earle must rely on his wits to keep ahead of the law. It reads like the end of an era - the classical age of the gangster, and shows off Bogart's talents to such a degree that it's worth seeing the film just to watch the great actor ply his trade.

7/10


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The Golden Glove - (2019)

Most everything in The Golden Glove gives you cause to blanch, reminding you of how seedy an underbelly there is out there in the dark recesses of low-rent bars and pornography-clad bachelor dens. Steel yourself, if you intend to take it all in. Full review here, in my watchlist thread.

7/10

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been rewatching michelle trachtenberg movies cause i really miss her and shes my childhood favorite actress since i was little , loved katee sackhoff also loved her bad attitude lol and seth green did a good job loved him on buffy the vampire slayer

Finch - (2021)

6/10

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Thats a good point as far as keeping it grounded. My feeling after this rewatch though was that the ploys she was doing had little to no impact (until the very end).



Maybe the intent was to make her seem a bit naive, but her notebook having countless encounters of guys like this makes me think she was kind of wasting her time and life away...which her parents and others try to communicate to her in other ways.

cute bordering on gross like most of Jared Masters' stuff but there's some really weird and silly little details that elevate it to one of his better works and the soundtrack is killer whether its them just picking some good punk songs or the couple of scrungly-ass tracks they made themselves.

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But I thought that was the whole point was that she was just wasting her life out of grief for her friend. It's just sad and futile and she is totally wasting her life which is why Dad Clancy Brown is so sad. It's really a sad and poignant movie until it decides to take it to that next level. And I mean, she almost breaks out of it, almost. Of course, you could tell a mile away that

On September 5, 1972, during the Summer Olympics, a Palestinian terrorist group called Black September infiltrated the Olympic village and took the Israeli Olympic team hostage. This film follows the ABC Sports crew that found themselves in the middle of it all, and ended up covering the events by putting the camera in the right place, and following the story as it unfolded.

September 5 Best Original Screenplay nomination might have been the main reason why I checked it out. However, the real life events are notorious and have been successfully dramatized before in Munich so I knew it would be a compelling watch. It is one of those films where you already know the outcome, so I commend director Tim Fehlbaum and his writers for managing to still deliver the tension.

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For the sake of this written review, I'll try to summarize its plot. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist follows "The Chosen One" (Steve Oedekerk) as he tries to master his powers while seeking revenge against the killer of his parents, Master Betty. What sets it apart is the fact that Oedekerk (who also wrote, produced, and directed the film) takes the footage of a 1970s martial arts film and digitally inserts himself as a character, while also humorously dubbing all the voices.

I suppose that the effectiveness of the film will depend on everyone's latitude with it, but I believe that if you're able to get on its wavelength, you will have a hell of a time with it. It goes beyond the silliness of Oedekerk's dubbing, but also the way that he manages to mold and shape this existing story to fit his comedic goals is hilariously impressive. Ironically, the moments that were filmed originally for the film – most notably, the cow fight and the meeting with Whoa – are probably the least effective.

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Calibre (2018)

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise

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Set in 1845 on the eve of Ireland's devastating potato famine, Tomás Ó Súilleabháin's dark and brooding historical drama/thriller pulls no punches as it charts one man's struggle to survive both starvation and betrayal.


Dónall Ó Héalaí stars as Còlman Sharkey, a peasant farmer/fisherman/family man who, after taking in an ex-sailor and fellow countryman, soon finds himself on the run for a murder he didn't commit, struggling both to fend off starvation and preserve his sanity.


A beautifully filmed tragedy that isn't easy to watch at times, and could stand a bit more clarity during the second half. Still, the film as a whole ultimately succeeds in bringing one of Ireland's most turbulent periods to vivid, unflinching life through the lens of one man's personal fight for survival and redemption.

Tucker: the Man and His Dream (1988, Coppola) - B

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I watched part of it on the small screen first, and I shrugged. Then I went and saw it in the theater and I was floored. When they say "meant to be seen on the big screen" they're talking about this.

God Bless America (2011)

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Wonder why I can’t find it in Letterboxd.

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