Inception was ok. I didn’t hate it. Never had any desire to see it again though. It basically instantly left my memory. Only thing I think of now is how bad Elliot Page was treated and the MC Eicher buildings which was cool.
The Barbieheimer jokes are overplayed at this point, but still this is just a cool freaking poster. Incredible how random fans are making professional-quality stuff just for fun.
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I do find it to be a feel-good thing in general for people to have gotten this hyped up for movies in the theater again for the first time in I don’t know how long. While the memes passed the saturation point, I do like that this weekend has such a big feeling even if my reaction is to at least wait it out for a bit.
And let’s not poo poo superhero movies by default. Some of them are guilty by association. Others are amazing and it’s fine that they pull from the comic book versions of popular myths instead of endlessly tweaking the opening lines of the Iliad.
I don’t think The Dark Knight deserves to be higher than Heat, but I do think it’s up there. It’s an amazing crime fiction movie AND maybe the best live action Batman movie.
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Yeah, I’m fond of many superhero movies and I’m desperately hoping that the MCU can pull out of its current tailspin. If not, I sure hope the James Gunn DCU goes well.
I do fear that Marvel is threatening to kill the golden goose by not slowing down at all.
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By the way, there is video of this hilarious exchange now. The moment in question is at the 1:45 mark.
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I hope so too. Reports are that they’ve been humbled and are drastically scaling back, particularly the television arm. I bailed on Secret Invasion and sighed a little when a podcast said they had abandoned their recap side-cast because the show was just that bad.
And the thing is that sometimes, they truly deliver unique cinematic experiences beyond the genre. Kenneth Branagh brought a bizarre gravitas to Thor when juxtaposed against the goofy nature of super people in costumes.
And then there’s Scott Derickson, whose work for Doctor Strange brings us back to Nolan and Inception. One of the only complaints about Inception was that it failed to deliver on the promise of lucid dreaming, even if the explanation why you couldn’t push stuff too far worked in the context of the movie.
Then we get Doctor Strange, which the director said deliberately expands the boundaries of what Inception achieved.
LFG 
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In Get Shorty, Travolta explains how John Wayne plays the same character in three westerns, which are all basically the same movie. Obviously Rio Bravo is the best of these and I instantly recognized the scene on the tv in the background.
Jackie Brown has a great soundtrack.
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Lolololol
You make me want to watch Get Shorty again ASAP. And Gene Hackman!! Has he ever been funnier?
I wish Rene Russo was still cast as often. She was great in this and the remake of The Thomas Crowne Affair.
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Get Shorty such a great watch, it’s a movie that’s been badly overlooked.
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A gripping thriller chronicling three couples over the course of one fateful night in an LA restaurant. Hunter (Ryan Phillippe) finds himself on an awkward blind date with the captivating Tamira (Kat Graham), while a busboy (Dylan Flashner) and his girlfriend (Aisha Dee) are hiding mounds of cocaine to score a big payday, and outside, Peter (Jim Gaffigan) sits in his car observing his wife’s (Drea de Matteo) infidelity with the restaurant’s manager (David Cade). Though all strangers, their stories are weaved together as they hurl towards an explosive end.
I’m not sure if I can recommend this movie, so I’ll just describe it as the thriller version of Crash. It is THAT on the nose.
But if that isn’t a deal breaker for you, Mukunda Michael Dewil is a former monk from South Africa now just making movies and stuff. His most recent The Immaculate Room shows this guy is definitely taking some swings.
The Immaculate Room tells the story of Mike (Emile Hirsch) and Kate (Kate Bosworth), a seemingly perfect couple, join a psychological experiment to compete for 5 million dollars if they can last 50 days in a sleek, white room in complete isolation. No phones, no family – only the Voice of the Immaculate Room keeping them in check if they think of straying. But as the clock ticks down, the Room becomes more than it seems, putting them through cruel tests to break their resolve and resurfacing private demons which they may not survive.
Both are streaming on Hulu (US).
PS. Jim Gaffigan has quickly ascended to the same throne as other holy shit comedic actors who can also nail intense drama. See him also in Linoleum.
Cameron Edwin, the host of a failing TV science show for children, has always had aspirations of being an astronaut. When a mysterious satellite coincidentally falls from space and lands in his backyard, his midlife crisis manifests into a plan to rebuild the machine into a rocket. As surreal events start to unfold around him, he slowly realizes that there’s more to his life story than he once thought.
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I watched and enjoyed Double Indemnity a couple of times, despite some of the dialogue and delivery sounding corny, likely because of the way film noir pictures have been satirized.
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It was way less heavy-handed than I expected. Robert Downey Jr.'s performance was excellent but I think the movie could have benefited from less of him/his storyline - the only times I felt the movie dragging were when his stuff was going on.
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High-pitched Gaffigan voice: Oh my God. A satellite fell into my backyard. It must have been due to my gravitational pull!
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2022 puss in boots was really good lol
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How to blow up a pipeline
This is the best “heist” film since Inside Man. The writer and director have seen every heist film ever made and have taken the best parts of them all and distilled them into this amazing movie.
It’s much more nuanced about the politics than I expected as well.
Just outstanding.
Grade: A
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