Saw this one in a theater, after having won a draw from TIFF - and I'm really sad that many people are not going to have the same experience that I was ever so lucky to have with Disney's shafting this one on over to Disney+. But I think the one thing worth taking away from having seen Turning Red is that as someone who's grown up watching Pixar films for just about my entire life, it feels nice to…
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The Matrix 1999
In spite of wearing its own influences on its sleeve and many countless imitators that have followed, the Wachowskis’ The Matrix is truly a film of its own kind - one that has went on to define its own era and not without good reason. Blending the cyberpunk aesthetic with Hong Kong-inspired action set pieces,…
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Dead Ringers 1988
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My favourite David Cronenberg movie: the only one that I feel like I can comfortably say still makes me feel very squeamish - because of the fact that the concept of bodily transformations that Cronenberg had made himself well-known for are rooted in the psychology of the Mantle twins. Jeremy Irons delivers an all-timer performance in this, though I think Genevieve Bujold's role as the actress whom Beverly finds himself smitten with is one that's frightening in a…
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The Red Detachment of Women 1961
2K restoration
The foundation of a revolution against an oppressive regime targeting women only builds up to a greater length. But I think that with talking about a film like The Red Detachment of Women there's so much to be impressed by, just from how it forms the basis of where the psychology behind the start of a revolution would come about given the film's setting - and it'd be easy enough to make the argument that what we're seeing…
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Ikiru 1952
(NOTE 12/02/2019): This is not exactly my best writing - as I was only starting to develop my skills as a teenager with writing single paragraph-long reviews, but eventually I plan to write a more detailed review explaining why this is my favourite film of all time to take over this space. I will leave this old review up for keepsakes, but I will also include the new text to be visible first in the foreseeable future.
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