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Paint Drying 2016
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Actual People 2021
I definitely should not think too much about why these movies about people trying to figure out what to do with their lives after college speak so deeply to me at age 43.
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Immaculate 2024
There's not really anything new here, but it's definitely a better genre exercise than the last Michael Mohan/Sydney Sweeney collaboration, the limp erotic thriller The Voyeurs. There's some evocative production design and striking shot composition, and Sweeney fully commits to the silly premise, which always helps.
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Frida 2024
I appreciate the creativity and visual style that set this apart from a dry collection of talking heads, although at times it gets too cutesy and comes across like a Frida Kahlo-themed TV commercial. (Also, the montage of Frida's letters to her various lovers unfortunately reminded me of Alanis Morissette's "Unsent," but that's more of a me problem.)
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018
Starring Keira Knightley as the horniest Sugar Plum Fairy ever.