A smart comedy that captures a woman's quest for social status much better than the Vanity Fair series, but it's heavily dialogue driven and you have to pay close attention to everything that's said, which I suppose gives it some rewatch value. Tom Bennett steals the movie with his dorky but lovable oaf, and I wish he was in the film more.
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Cosmopolis 2012
I guess this is Cronenberg's version of a dark comedy, but two hours of cryptic dialogue and no plot make it hard to enjoy. It's brainy with no heart and very little context to understand the dystopian world. Paul Giamatti shows up at the end and almost makes it work, but it's too late.
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Know Your Enemy: Japan 1945
Five Came Back called Capra's anti-Jap documentary indefensible in the way it vilifies the enemy, but if you cut through the propaganda it offers an interesting history of Japan (with a focus on their cruel and warlike nature) and ironically ends its condemnation by telling us how Americans will be more victorious and more warlike than the Japanese could ever dream of.
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When Trumpets Fade 1998
Excellent WWII battle film with a lame title that looks at courage and fear. Could be a lost episode of Band of Brothers - surprising considering it came out a month before Saving Private Ryan (which means there's no annoying shaky cam during the battles). Certainly doesn't have that TV movie feel. Script by W.W. Vought.
