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Review

Disenchanted (2022)

Enchanted is a very special movie to me.

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Review

Amadeus (1984)

I do not like musical biopics.

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Review

Road to Perdition (2002)

Sometimes you don’t really have a concrete explanation.

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Review

Playing Cards (1896)

Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was cinema’s first great director.

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Essay

Top 100 Favorite Movies #100-26 – Podcast Listening Companion

To celebrate The Goods: A Film Podcast reaching 100 episodes, Dan and Brian are counting down their 100 favorite films of all time.

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Review

Amsterdam (2022)

Something occurred to me about five minutes into Amsterdam, and it basically ruined the movie for me:

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Review

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

There is an irony that one of the best Hollywood movies of the past quarter century is centrally about how toxic and destructive moviemaking is.

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Review

Role Models (2008)

Many comedians and filmmakers got a boost during the Judd Apatow surge of the late 2000s.

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Review

Shrek 2 (2004)

The original Shrek is a movie that is easy to both underrate and overrate for reasons outside of the film itself.

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Review

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

For all the striking stylistic elements of Moonrise Kingdom, my favorite thing about it might be its simple, effective story.