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Capsule

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

Great character animation and design endure through decades. Even centuries.

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Capsule

The Enchanted Drawing (1900)

Early trick film in the “lightning sketch animation” subgenre/technique that was a precursor for real animation just a couple years down the road.

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Review

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Sometimes I wonder about my life.

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Site Update

August 2022 Recap

Summer is wrapping up as the the site concludes its first full month since the July 9 launch. Let’s take a look at my movie-watching month in August.

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Review

Poor Pierrot (1892)

On The Goods: A Film Podcast we are discussing classic animation this month, so I figured I’d go back as far as one can go.

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Review

Nope (2022)

I have polled several friends, and one consistent bit of feedback on Nope is that most people quite like some parts and quite dislike other parts.

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Review

Us (2019)

Us course corrects on my big complaint about the otherwise-terrific Get Out

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Review

Crush (2022)

Must every Gen Z movie be so aggressively online?

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Review

Luck (2022)

Luck is a broken movie in so many ways that I’m not sure where to start.

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Review

The ‘Burbs (1989)

I want to start this review by clearing the air about The ‘Burbs’s ending.