Cold winds, bodies covered in blood, primal screams of rage, thirst for revenge, loved ones murdered in cold blood, birth of new life, blistering tides of water, spirits, and conquering your fate. The Northman leaves nothing untouched delivering a historical fable worthy of excellence. Eggers’s attention to detail in resurrecting the era of the Vikings remains unmatched; the prose of the dialogue, costume design, the retelling of ancient myths proves that the director’s vision was brought to life even with…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
A crowing achievement of epic proportions. Dazzling, touching, hilarious, and tasty food for the human soul all wrapped in a A24 package. Going down only once into this rabbit hole is not enough; this is a film worth reliving over and over again to capture all of its purpose and energy. Believe the hype because even that doesn’t do Everything Everywhere All At Once true justice to its brilliance. There is so much I can say but it would be a honor to keep all my thoughts intact until I take another round of this cinematic drink to the head. This is the definition of innovative filmmaking.
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The Stepford Wives 2004
This is how you don’t engage in satire. Every piece of social commentary and comedic but doesn’t have any subtext to its message; it’s like the friend who tells the punchline to every one of their jokes. Dated comedy is the piece of hair found on your dish of freshly ordered food. The writers lack any confidence in getting their purpose across without being as obvious as a thief committing a robbery in broad daylight. Wanted to love it because…
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Zero Dark Thirty 2012
“It’s cool, that you’re strong and I respect it, I do. But in the end, everybody breaks, bro. It’s biology”
The significance of Zero Dark Thirty rests on one question; At what cost does it come to achieve a goal that has become the heart of our obsession? Morals, empathy, humanity are ideals that all humans should strive but there may not be a place for those virtues when it comes to hunting down terrorism or being involved in a…
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Candyman 2021
The modern update of the supernatural entity known as Candyman is impressive how it weaves racial and systemic inequalities, generational trauma, Cronenberg body horror, and Hitchcock inspired atmosphere. Nia DaCosta shows that she is a student of the great directors whose bread and butter are psychological thriller/horror; the handle of the camera with its revealing close ups, hypnotizing tracking shots, wide angles, and upside down/reserve motifs keep the viewer on edge and enclosing the senses in an inescapable prison of…
