Wilbur Mercer

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14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible 2021

★★★★ Watched by Wilbur Mercer 16 Jan 2022

The mental gymnastics of doing things like this can be a bigger accomplishment than the physical ones.
14 is a large number, and so getting it all in, without slipping or skimming it, is hard. Happy this doesn’t do that, or turn it into a mini series. Works as a singular film and story. The editing of this really does a great job, as it has so much of a story to tell.
Batman Returns 1992

★★★½ Watched by Wilbur Mercer 16 Jan 2022

The only Batman that isn’t a raging psycho

Devs 2020

★½ Watched by Wilbur Mercer 16 Apr 2020 1

I won't try and structure this as a review, I guess this is more of a rambling off the cuff sort of deal.
So here it goes, and if it makes no sense, well I blame the show.
Alex Garland was on the cusp, for me, of being a capital D dude. As in, I would always show up like a loyal subject, always and forever a fanboy. His previous work, whether as a writer or director, even both, has…
Uncut Gems 2019

★★★★★ Watched by Wilbur Mercer 15 Dec 2019

I remember during the press tour of Good Time, how the Safdie Brothers couldn't stop talking about the movie they really wanted to make. Here you are with the biggest film of their career, getting a ton of interest, love, support and goodwill from everyone, and they were like "Thanks, but this jewel movie though". Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen something like that before, which only made me more interested in it. Which was hard to do because,…