Carl Weathers interestingly plays against type in this underrated 80s action flick.
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Irish Wish 2024
Actually am kind of liking Lindsay Lohan as the new faux-Hallmark queen. Hope she hits every major holiday eventually.
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The Boys from Brazil 1978
I guess this was competent enough, and I rather enjoyed Laurence Olivier's performance since he immersed himself so much in this character. Gregory Peck, on the other hand, whew. I know that he was criticized for his performance in this movie (a rare villain turn) but it really is a stinker. It's like he were cosplaying a Nazi for an SNL skit, everything from that ridiculous mustache to basically every line delivery. Couldn't take him seriously.
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Freedom Writers 2007
I saw this movie way before my experience with social justice teaching. It's pandering in a way that is supposed to make privileged audiences feel good about themselves. Instead of addressing the systemic flaws that created the harsh world these students live in, it falls into the trap of white woman savior saving the poor illiterate kids of color, which is condescending at best, straight up racist at its worst. I don't think Hollywood will ever get a movie about teachers right if this kind of crap passes as verisimilitude.
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Black Panther 2018
I kind of forgot I was watching a Marvel movie and that was so welcome. It's an incredible, beautiful vision of Black empowerment and influence, but it's also complex and influenced by current knowledge and issues. It also manages not to be didactic and gives us some of the best staged action scenes in any Marvel movie. A big studio like Disney should not be afraid to let artists have their voices heard, and this is proof.
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