It's not that it's better than the other sequels; it's just that the other sequels don't have Michael Parks as the villian.
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The Lady Eve 1941
It offers all of the charms of the Sturges filmography – snappy dialogue, colorful supporting characters, screwball energy, laughs a’plenty – along with Henry Fonda at his dopiest and Barbara Stanwyck exhibiting what a friend (rightfully) dubs “epic domme energy.”
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Joker 2019
My favorite thing is how they introduce his diary but *don’t* have him voice-over from it, as if THAT was the thing that would make us all notice they were ripping off TAXI DRIVER.
Anyhoo I fucking loathed it, and not because it’s particularly provocative or irresponsible; it’s too stupid to be. It’s just a dipshit lunkhead bro’s idea of how to make an Extremely Serious Movie. That score!
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Mank 2020
My friend, the film critic, noted “Netflixpert” and Playlist contributor, Charles Bramesco, once summarized the conundrum of Netflix original films thus: “It’s where great filmmakers go to make their worst film.” This is, to be clear, not an airtight theory (and obviously subjective); for every few “Hold the Dark”s or “Land of Steady Habits”es, you can find a “Da 5 Bloods” or “Marriage Story” to effectively counter. But the underlying point stands. The streaming service’s much-noted hands-off production process seems…
