The passage of time is funny.
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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
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The Christmas Toy (1986)
Whenever I encounter a piece of media, I try to tackle it as its own work.
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Nosferatu (1922)
F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu is among the earliest horror films to be universally canonized, and it’s not hard to see why
The consensus among my peers in recent years is that To Kill a Mockingbird is Baby’s First Anti-Racism Story with a heavy dollop of white saviorism.
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Larry Crowne (2011)
That Thing You Do!, Tom Hanks’ first director-writer-star effort, is one of my favorite movies ever made. It’s a film overflowing with generosity and joy, a script and universe that Hanks clearly worked on in his spare time for years.
If you are like me, you see “Jim Henson” on the poster, and you expect something at least a little manic and silly and postmodern. Something Muppetsy.
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Ocean’s Eleven (2004)
I’d never argue it’s one of the best, but Ocean’s Eleven is undoubtedly one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen:
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Happy Christmas (2014)
I’m pretty fond of mumblecore movies, and I think Joe Swanberg is the best to ever make them.
Everyone who is panning this should watch Olaf Presents or Once Upon a Snowman to see how dismal Olaf shorts can be.
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Return of the Jedi (1983)
There are few movies with which I have a more mixed reaction than Return of the Jedi.