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weekend watchlist: some much needed yet very realistic eco-optimism

Wed, Sep 07, 2022
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Plus adventures in drinking, hanging out in bars, and murder. (First published August 7th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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Riders of Justice and Pig movies review: rethinking the revenge movie

Fri, Aug 06, 2021
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Two brilliant dramas upend cinematic tropes of male vengeance with precision, patience, and grim humor. These are radical rethinks in emotional maturity surrounding men’s grief, remorse, and shame.

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curated: the best should-be meme you’ll see today starring Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen

Mon, Apr 30, 2018
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Genuine LOL.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie review: the high price of hope

Fri, Dec 16, 2016
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There’s genuine fun here, but the humor is cynical, the heroics are tinged with regret, and it’s all delivered with a cold smack of — yes — political relevance.

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Doctor Strange movie review: even Marvel is now tired of origin stories

Thu, Oct 27, 2016
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Busy with CGI to hide the emptiness where the emotional core should be. Even the mechanics of getting a man from mere mortal to demigod-in-a-cape are rote.

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female gazing at: Hugh Dancy

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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In the wake of Hannibal…

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Everyone’s Going to Die movie review: black comedy among the blues

Wed, Jun 24, 2015
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Strange and wonderful and unclassifiable in the best way, this is an unexpectedly touching and oddly funny platonic romance. Sort of.

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The Salvation movie review: manifest density

Wed, Apr 15, 2015
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Nearly Blazing Saddles without the jokes: all genre conventions with none of the fun, just your inescapable expectations met around every sun-blighted corner.

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movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.

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Sherlock Series 3 teaser trailer: too much a tease!

Mon, Aug 05, 2013
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Oh, this is torture. More! Now!

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