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Speed Racer 2008
Fully understand why this bounced with audiences and why its partial Robert Rodriguez Spy Kids green screen nightmare is a turnoff for most people but there is so much creativity present here that I am surprised that not only did it not forever change live-action anime but that we haven't seen anything else as bold as it before.
There hasn't been any cinematic moment in a long time that's given me goosebumps quite like Speed doing a barrel roll through the finish line. Like holy fuck. When the movies are great they are fucking great.
WB, remaster this for a 4K UHD release you cowards.
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Mr. No Legs 1978
Most all movies I buy I buy completely blind. No trailers, no synopsis. Usually it's either from Letterboxd recs, boutique labels, or batshit art. This is one of those, and rarely do any of them slap as goddamn hard.
The last film that hit all points of my personal canon was Andy Sidaris' Seven (from the same year, no less!). Mr. No Legs rolls up in a wheelchair with double shotguns on the side and blows it's ass away. It…
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Love Lies Bleeding 2024
"You didn't do anything wrong."
[ entire theater groans in unison ]I love seeing people have the worst weeks of their lives.
If Rose Glass is gonna turn her Saint Maud blank check into this uhhh we gotta keep giving her checks to deposit. This has got the juice.
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1991: The Year Punk Broke 1992
Maddening that Thurston Moore had to go and cheat on Kim Gordon, destroying their marriage, and Sonic Youth, in the process. Dumbass.
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The Monopoly of Violence 2020
Seeing a smattering of people on here saying that they wish this gave more context to the gilets jaunes protests depicted here, and do you really require that to understand the framing of the film?
Mélanie Ngoye-Gaham, a social worker depicted being hit by a police grenade in the back of her neck gives a powerful monologue after rewatching the footage of her attack:
They award the violent. They give medals and bonuses to the most violent cops. So only…