Every film could be improved by adding Eugenio Derbez to the cast.
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Mona Lisa Smile 2003
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Kirsten Dunst does her best work when she’s playing a snotty brat.
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What We Leave Behind 2022
This story really hit home. Iliana Sosa pulls off something so special here, and I loved it with my whole heart.
From my review:
“In Sosa’s film, I saw the final year of my grandfather’s life. Like Julián, he was a strong-willed Mexican man who was always better prepared for his own death than the rest of us. Seeing Julián on his deathbed, I bristled at first, not only because it brought up painful memories, but because it felt like…
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022
This is the exact type of movie Cameron Diaz would have cut the trailer for in The Holiday (ie: absolutely batshit, but in a good way).
It might not be unpredictable, but it’s fun as hell. Nic Cage is the perfect actor with the perfect filmography to build a meta action comedy around, and Pedro Pascal’s energy is just infectious and a blast to watch.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Holy shit.
A story that begins with a tax audit and morphs into something so unexpectedly deranged and complex that, 36 hours later, I’m still wondering how I was laughing at hot dog fingers and butt plugs one minute and sobbing like a baby the next.
It was a wild ride that I never wanted to end. Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan anchor the insanity, and ultimately sell us on an achingly real family love story.
Quan…
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The Batman 2022
I know some people think it’s cheesy to hear a grown man earnestly say things like “I’m vengeance” in a gritty voice but to those people I say this: do you really think a mega-rich, deeply traumatized orphan boy wouldn’t say wildly out of touch things like that?? He’s walking through Gotham in a cape!! With bat ears!! Just staring and frowning!!
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Licorice Pizza 2021
This movie made me feel insane… like, at one point, I started to wonder if I was having some kind of psychological break in the theater. Don’t get me wrong, I love 70s California, and I’m all for a coming of age, meandering story that prioritizes vibes over actual plot, but there were so many awkward and distracting elements, I wondered how anyone was enjoying this.
To start with the obvious, there’s the age gap. It was impossible for me…
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