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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

I don’t quite think that Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a good movie, but it did manage to make me into a fan.

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Shorts (2009)

The Robert Rodriguez kiddie digital filmmaking experience remains a half-coherent, sugar-coated blast of prepubescent id.

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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

It is a perilous path to remake a great film.

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Brief Encounter (1945)

Trains have been a part of cinema from the start.

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Saying that 10 Cloverfield Lane is a different kind of movie from Cloverfield is an understatement.

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January 2023 Recap

I’m a few days late, but I hope you all have had a fun start to 2023! I’ve been keeping busy!

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Causeway (2022)

Here’s the logline of Causeway according to IMDb

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

That All Quiet on the Western Front remains a functional piece of synchronized sound cinema is impressive.

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Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield is the definitive 9/11 genre film.

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38 at the Garden (2022)

I absolutely love the Linsanity story (genuinely one of the greatest American sports moments of the 21st century), and that goodwill carries this HBO doc to a certain extent, but I was continually annoyed how little of it is actually basketball-focused and how much it rushes the story. I’d much rather see more of the footage and hear the actual crowd cheers than listen to people who watched it on TV describe it.

Also, I understand there are deep cultural connections between the magic of Linsanity and the wave in Asian American hate crimes since 2020, but it’s still kind of a curveball downer of a topic for a doc about something inspiring that happened 10 years ago.

Why is the comedian Hasan Minhaj narrating 60% of this? Why does he talk more than Jeremy Lin?