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In the Heights 2021
A marked improvement on Jon M. Chu's prior film, Crazy Rich Asians, though that was such a bad movie it still leaves plenty of room for In the Heights to suck. The grotesque, parasitic wealth of Singapore's elite is replaced by Manhattan's lively, working class Washington Heights neighborhood. Like the former film, there's a very one-dimensional approach to culture and the environment it exists in. It's also a mawkish checklist of statements to be made about culture, generational differences, and…
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Crazy Rich Asians 2018
I couldn't stand this movie, but I'm not surprised that it was so widely beloved when it came out. On all levels, this is just an adolescent Cinderella fantasy in which a hardworking, awkward, modest young woman (who's also super smart and beautiful by the way) discovers that her super sexy boyfriend is also the crown prince to a Singaporean real estate dynasty and that, should she prove her mettle in a battle of wills with his fire-breathing mother, she…
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The Devil's Passkey 1920
As of now, this is a lost film. However, there is hope; Kevin Brownlow, the film restorationist who dedicated his life to reconstructing the original 5 hour cut of Abel Gance's Napoleon, says that there's a print at the cinematheque in Cuba.
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