It’s not really possible to make a proper anti-capitalist film that’s also a summer tentpole created by Illumination Entertainment
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The Lorax (2012)
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Baz Luhrmann — born Mark Anthony Luhrmann; given the nickname “Baz” when his high school chums noticed his resemblance to the British TV puppet fox Basil Brush — grew up in a tiny Australian town called Herons Creek.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
I’m going to open this review discussing some of the flaws of Jurassic Park — sorry, 17-year-old me; Jurassic Park does indeed have flaws
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
The first Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is one of my favorite movies of the 21st century
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a goofy film walking a high-wire balance between a bunch of different tones and ideas.
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Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
On a superficial level, Cha Cha Real Smooth is extremely similar to Shithouse, Cooper Raiff’s debut from 2020.
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Walk the Line (2005)
Here it is — the film that sent the musical biopic to the point of no return, the ultimate distillation of the life a complex and compromised artist into a Hollywood three act structure.
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Ray (2004)
There is a fine line between an “impressive” performance and a “great” one, and I think Jamie Foxx treads that line throughout the entirety of Ray.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Sometimes my critical faculties are short-circuited and I can only gush. Here goes.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Sometimes a movie just clicks in a way that is totally subjective. Especially comedies.