Destiny has brought me this lamp chop.
As decadent as Scott has ever been but for whatever reason still not as luscious as I recall Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, his landscapes and horizon are constantly...
Better Man ***1/2
Count me all-in on the trend—after the “Pharrell-as-LEGO” documentary Piece by Piece and this oddball endeavor—of bypassing the Walk Hard musical biopic clichés through imaginative...
Just who does Nate Bargatze think he is? Whenever America’s top-grossing comedian releases a new special (his most recent, Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, on Netflix now), this is often the question on coastal...
The stars of "The Apprentice" are running around spreading a conspiracy theory about their speech being stifled and their movie blacklisted.
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Can you dislike Bob Dylan and like the new biopic about him? The answer is yes, because I did. The question is why. I will attempt to answer this question now, so pull up a chair, because this could take...
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This movie passed 1 of 3 tests. It was entered by howarthe on 2024-12-30 06:35:59. howarthe said:
The two named female characters in this film with the most lines of dialogue are Sylvie Russo, Dylan's...
This movie passed 3 of 3 tests. It was entered by howarthe on 2024-12-30 06:30:08. howarthe said:
Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) and Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough) talk about her photographs and the...
American Underdog tells the inspiring true story of Kurt Warner, an undrafted quarterback who defied the odds to become an NFL MVP and Super Bowl champion.
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Just rewatched it recently and it still holds up. I was gonna' say Scorsese doesn't disappoint but I googled his filmography and realized I haven't seen most. And there were a lot of titles that bombed or were hated by our milieu. Idk, I really liked "Silence" and this one as well. Unlike "The Big Short" it doesn't try to preach anti Capitalist stuff. And even skips over the technical jargon. The ending...
Originally watched on December 25th, 2024.
Upon leaving a party filed with studio heads and other managers who see nothing but high profitability in the rebel folk singer’s talents, Bob Dylan reveals...
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Two Kings From Queens Christopher Walken and Donald Trump are both back in the headlines.
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon is a typical example of flower-power, influencing the films of this period, though certainly not in a dark or racy kind of way, no this is a very clean and gentle film, and certainly the figure of Saint Francis is a good vehicle to express this "back to earth", "abandon material life" kind of attitude that was common in this period. Do I agree with this attitude? No and it's...
Rachel Morrison’s “The Fire Inside” arrives at the same time as the smaller but also accomplished boxing sleeper, “Day of the Fight.”
Morrison’s film take the opposite approach to that film...
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It is ironic that Virginia’s expansive ethno-culture [1] benefits from complex commercial activity and global trade while being damaged by the same. Virginia’s...
James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” is one of those musical biopics that gives you what you expect, if not demand, but also manages to be better than the formula typically allows.
What formula...
"Spreading Christmas Joy Heals"
Content: +4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.
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A young Bob Dylan would be an awkward fit for 2024.
The balladeer followed his own, mercurial muse. He defied conventional labels, eager to grow as an artist on his terms.
Social media would eat him...
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