I’ve discovered that a good barometer for the quality of a film is the percentage of its running time that I spend looking at my phone. Using that metric, Hypnotic is about 85% bad.
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The Seven Year Itch 1955
I waited the entire length of this film for it to reveal that Richard Sherman, Mr. Exposition, was in fact imagining everything going on around him, especially The Girl. The way he talked, his manic energy, the paranoia suffusing every moment, all point to a troubled man’s slow descent into madness. There was no shocking surprise ending to The Seven Year Itch, but you still won’t be able to convince me that Sherman isn’t a deranged serial killer. I think it’s clear what “sent Upstate” meant for his wife and kids…
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Synchronic 2019
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson certainly know how to set a great mood, but what they did to Hawkins the dog was unforgivable. Stars were subtracted for that one!
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The Odd Couple 1968
I can hardly remember the last time I had this much fun with a movie. It felt like a warm blanket on a chilly night—perfect comfort. I’m so late to the game with this film, but The Odd Couple charmed my socks off. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau were, as they always have been, as good as it gets. I suspect I’d be able to watch this a hundred more times and be just as delighted by that hundredth viewing. I just may have to start viewing number two right now…
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