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The Tree of Life 2011
The only way to be happy is to love. Unless you love, your life will flash by.
My Mom died of COVID on October 20, 2020.
Ever since I've known I needed to rewatch this movie. It is a film I have watched probably more than any other film. It still sticks with me even though the person I am now and the person I was when I first saw it in theaters almost a decade ago are so very…
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No Sudden Move 2021
This sure did go down easy. Soderbergh knows how to make a story move at the right pace to be delightful and he knows that if he fills it with a cast like this, there will be gems along the way.
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Hard Eight 1996
Week 18: January 20th-26th
Post-80's Neo-Noir WeekHard Eight grabs you from its first scene and does not let go until it's last moments. It begins with a subtle music cue of funeral church bells and ends with a Christmas song. Everything that happens in between is the sort of pulpy noir storytelling that is elevated with its rich characters and well-crafted dialogue. Many of the later elements of PTA's filmography are on display here. But this is not a movie only of interest to seeing where a great got their start, this is captivating cinema from beginning to end.
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