I watched Menace II Society just a couple days after watching Goodfellas, and, damn, do the two complement each other.
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Menace II Society (1993)
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GoodFellas (1990)
I think the reason that Goodfellas is (probably) my favorite gangster movie is because it does the best job of depicting the extreme bundle of paradoxes that the gangster arc is all about:
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Scream 4 (2011)
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Scream 3 (2000)
The Scream series hits its inevitable “diminishing returns” phase in its third installment, an obvious step down from the first two.
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The DUFF (2015)
I subscribe to the theory that much of a romantic comedy’s ultimate success or failure comes down to the cast even more than the script.
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Dumbo (1941)
In many ways, Dumbo feels like it should have been the first Disney animated feature.
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Toy Story (1995)
All three of the movies in the “Andy Trilogy” (as I’ve come to call it) are outright masterpieces, but none of them are perfect, and all of them are flawed in different ways.
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Scream 2 (1997)
Everything about Scream 2 indicates a rush sequel job to the massive success of Scream, but it works, almost miraculously.
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Scream (1996)
It’s 2021, so the “slasher, but meta” does not feel nearly as fresh and as clever as I’m sure it might have 25 years ago
It’s tough to think of many other movies that are more cheerful than this one — it’s a movie where it’s easy to have a smile on your face during literally the entire duration without really realizing it.