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Still an all-timer, a 5-bagger. I when I first saw this in HS I thought: “movies can do THIS??!”

Also this movie has so much good stuff to say about living in a community, found families, and forgiveness.

Soderbergh really is an “actor’s director” who is also a “director’s director.” That’s cool. Also apparently this was (maybe?) written by his wife? Cute!!

It’s really funny thinking about how this movie came out AFTER Jurassic Park (1993).

2 stars for Val Kilmer’s performance. Script is DOGSHIT.

Baz Luhrmann swingin for the FENCES here. Doesn’t always connect… but it doesn’t matter. There’s so much good stuff. Real movie-making.

Really good, WHAT a time capsule to the 90s… very interesting that this movie mostly has its morals in the right place but goes insanely out of pocket all the same (“nice” guys tryina rape, white guys saying the n-word, all the f-slurs).

Anyway it rocks and Ethan Embry is so doufy and cute and Jennifer Love Hewitt gives a really good & surprisingly relatable performance (considering her character)!

5 bags of popcorn

Practical effects! Real Acting! Brother Cadfael! Oliver Reed!

Going through all the (age appropriate) STAR WARS movies with my kids and obviously they loved it. POD race remains one of the finest spectacles ever put to film.

A fine film. Had an unexpectedly moving conversation with my children about DEI when they asked why all the Nelwyns were little people.

Always fun to play the game: “is this classic movie utterly ruined by the racism (a lá GONE WITH THE WIND) or is it redeemable (like everything I’ve seen Sidney Poitier in)?” This one’s ruined by the racism.

I think my favorite scene in the whole movie is when Tom Wilkinson is on the phone with George Clooney’s son.

Watched on Sunday January 26, 2025.

I’m so glad Emma Stone bullied Kieran Culkin into doing this movie.

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Kids loved it. Gromit sweet as ever. Still sad for his garden!!!

A beautiful movie about two young women & their journeys self-discovery and rejection (to a point) of patriarchal values. Also! It’s a period piece! There’s a scene featuring the Snake video game we all had on our Nokias!

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Patrick loves Art, Art loves Tashi, and Tashi loves tennis.

Probably gonna be 5 stars after a couple more rewatches

It’s just nice to see the boys all hanging out and having a good time.

The errand boy (William Tracy) has an amazing subplot in this.

The part where they blew up a refinery with a tornado was cool.

Fun! Kathryn Newton is really good in this.

The perfect movie to watch when you’re at home with your parents!!!

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Whole time I was watching this I was like “but you’re (Gong Yoo’s character) the bad guy!!!” and then the movie was like “exactly.”

This is the pilot episode of Downton Abbey.

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Amazing how good this movie is still. Had me guffawing. Fuck that kid Val. His redemption arc — too little, too late. Also look at the FITS!!!!! Everyone dresses so amazing in this movie (particularly Williams & Lane of course).

I was all set to shit on this movie (a bit ridiculous, a bit obvious, a bit lowbrow), but I was wrong. Their total commitment to doing as many cool stunts as possible & of course Emily & Ryan’s & STEPHANIE’s charisma totally won me over.

They truly do not make movies like this anymore (and not because of woke).

Crazy how much impact this had on the culture.

I used to think UNBREAKABLE was my favorite Shyamalan… but maybe it’s actually SIGNS? This is Big Boy filmmaking. Need to rewatch UNBREAKABLE.

Love to hear Nic Cage singing

Script so tight

Not as good as I ed. Still good!

Prepping for our Hawaii vacation next month.

The bits that are basically straight out of the Shakespeare are great!

Kubrick directs this like Gustave Flaubert writes… a tight, interior shot slowly zooming out to the room and then even the landscape beyond. Every shot an oil painting. Is this my favorite Kubrick?? Damn!!

Anyway everybody should see this movie and then watch the 30-second Barry Lyndon TikTok fancam.

Better than I expected! Chiwetel acting like he doesn’t know it’s just a Netflix movie, I can see why Charlize did this. Good stuff from her as usual.

Lewis Black voice: “This is fine!!” Also they recast Mindy Kaling & Bill Hader? Guess even Disney has a budget somewhere

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This movie is so bizarrely paced. At points exceptional (Kirk losing his son, all of Christopher Lloyd’s scenes), but all-in-all I was fighting to stay awake. And it’s only an hour-and-a-half!

Still slaps

The perfect 3-star film. Fun & forgettable. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan… hello. Also Nitin Ganatra is incredible in this.

Watched on Saturday May 4, 2024.

Still the perfect action movie

As we were watching this movie Blythe asked me who I’d choose if I had to choose to marry either Rebecca Ferguson or Hayley Atwell & I was stunned into a dumbfounded silence.

Alex Garland really said “so you wanna be hardcore?” to Americans calling for violence against their political adversaries. My two cents?

“Soon, we'll live in a global culture devoid of gender or race
“There's just one tiny line:
“You're either born behind
“Or you're free to peek inside”
—Father John Misty

Inscrutable movie. Gosling & Stone were wonderful. Characters doing all sorts of really bad stuff but in that Hollywood way where no one actually does the “bad thing” associated with the bad thing so it’s all good!!!!

Honestly liked this more than I expected to. Just wish the DP didn’t have TV disease!

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The question “if you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change anything?” is not just that, but could you change anything?

An all-time 5-bagger

Peter said “let’s do a silly one!”