I used to give everything 4 stars now I give everything 3 and a half stars
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Mulholland Drive 2001
Well, yes I am joining the masses tonight but, for what it's worth, I have been meaning to rewatch this. It's probably been a decade. This is my favourite Lynch. Truthfully, he was a filmmaker I respected but have not always connected with quite as emphatically as my peers. That being said, there are still some major things of his I haven't seen yet so maybe I will get around to them now.
The TV pilot mythology of this movie…
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Suspiria 2018
I want to rewatch some Luca movies. Revisiting this for the first time since I saw it in theatres. It's heavy-handed and a lot of it gets criticized for prioritizing style over substance but, hey, that's part of the appeal of it (and a lot of Luca stuff) for me. I love the dreary, German greyness of it all, it's such a fun way to distance itself from the colour of the original (which I like less, tbh!). The way…
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Bottoms 2023
Well… I liked it more than Shiva Baby! But that’s not saying much. I thought that moving away from the single setting film would allow Seligman to create something a little more dynamic but I kind of found this to be really incoherent in terms of plot, tone, and mission.
The fight club aspect of this kind of feels like a bit of a log line rather than something the film wants to explore—the motivation for our heroines’ investment in…
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Wicked 2024
I have no attachment to the stage musical so I kind of can understand why maybe the odds were against me, but I did enter with an open mind! The “Marvel movie” charges here are instantly overwhelming. Yes, it looks like one. But it also is designed like one—overlong under the pretence of being “epic”, so as to satisfy its fans until the next installment (and then presumably the Wizard of Oz Wickedverse reboot in 2028). Seriously, this thing could easily…
