LISAN AL-GAIB
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Frankenstein Conquers the World 1965
American Frankenstein adaptation: pretty faithful to Mary Shelley’s novel, the titular monster is an allegory for otherness
Japanese Frankenstein adaptation: GERMANS smuggle FRANKENSTEIN’S HEART out of NAZI GERMANY to a JAPANESE LAB in Hiroshima where it gets EXPOSED to NUCLEAR RADIATION! And now FRANKENSTEIN is GROWING LARGER and he must fight a C-LIST GODZILLA MONSTER!
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We Bought a Zoo 2011
The line “We bought a zoo!” is said in its entirety three separate times in the film. Matt Damon buys a zoo and welllllll, lets just say he bites off a little more than he can chew
my favourite scene is when Matt Damon’s dead wife comes back at the end like a force ghost from Star Wars to talk to the family
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An Extremely Goofy Movie 2000
bawling my eyes out five minutes in at Goofy sitting alone after Max leaves for college
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Dune 2021
Rewatching this after Dune Part 2, it’s clear there is a lot of foreshadowing here and it’s clear Villeneuve had a vision and through-line for both of these films
The sequence on salusa secundus is still my favourite scene from this movie, the world-building of this film pays off big time in the sequel
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Step Brothers 2008
“Why do you want the Catalina Wine Mixer?”
“Because I want to make bank, bro!”16 years later and this movie still holds up. This may very well be one of the greatest comedy films of all time.
John C. Reilly and Will Ferrel have such a physicality to their performances that sells their child-like state of mind as Dale and Brennan.
And Richard Jenkins is absolutely right! Never lose your dinosaur!!
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 1992
learning that all of Rick Moranis’ interactions with the baby were improv’d has improved my feelings towards this movie
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A Goofy Movie 1995
“I’m not your little boy anymore Dad! I’ve grown up! I’ve got my own life now!”
“I know that! I just wanted to be part of it.”From its very first frame, A Goofy Movie is a relic of the care and dedication of Disney’s animated films of the past. The backgrounds are beautifully illustrated and perfectly capture Art Babbitt’s style. The supermarket backgrounds at the place where Goofy works are stunning.
At its core, A Goofy Movie is a…
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Maestro 2023
if Bradley Cooper really spent 6 years learning how to compose for this role, it doesn’t come across
Carey Mulligan stole the show from me. as someone who has lost a loved one to cancer, her performance tugged on my emotional heartstrings
Maestro is a solid movie, but I still think Bradley Cooper’s best performance of 2023 was as Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
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