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Ratatouille 2007
Hard to believe Patton Oswalt actually lived the sewers of Paris for 3 months to play Remy. Really paid off.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
join us next week for round 2 of “is this great or is it just nice to see a hot man punch nazis”
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Possessor 2020
Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ is a gruesome, cerebral techno-thriller that serves as a testament to A24, the indie maverick that has skyrocketed in popularity since its founding just 3 years ago – wait was that Neon? Shit, that was Neon, wasn’t it?
A trippy, spectacularly-edited roller coaster ride following Tasya (Andrea Riseborough) as a consciousness-hijacking assassin pursuing a big contract using Colin Tate (Christopher Abbott) as the patsy, ‘Possessor’ feels like the inevitable-yet-surprising realization of a Black Mirror episode that took…
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The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat 1897
Cinema’s evolution has brought with it a litany of technological developments. With the Jazz Singer: sound. The Wizard of Oz: color. The Lord of the Rings: motion capture performances. But not since the Lumiere Brothers’ ‘Arrival Of a Train at La Ciotat’ have filmmakers sent physical matter careening through theater screens and into the audience, sending crowds into a hysterical mass as they try to escape the oncoming doom.
It’s unfortunate that the Lumiere Brothers phoned it in on this…
