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Mufasa: The Lion King 2024
it’s a musical, and the musical part of it all never really works.
but the rest of it has the beauty of barry jenkins’ technical craft and the brilliance of his view into the human experience that lifts this to higher heights than the original remake (and again that’s with its music being categorically inferior).
that’s not to say the songs are bad… i actually think the songwriting is clever and the themes struck for the beats of the story…
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The Lion King 1½ 2004
holy fuck am i ever happy i checked this shit out before seeing barry jenkins’ new new. still hilarious, even when sober.
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Capone 2020
anyone who says hardy’s performance is the only reason to watch this clearly overlooked a pretty solid score from el-p & an elegant nightmare of an ending that was admittedly never really built up to.
trank’s editing keeps all scenes fascinating (whether it’s a good fascination or bad is totally dependent on who’s you be as a person, ya know) to look at, especially the ones where hardy's presence is deeply missed.
also, if you fault a movie for not making…
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They Called Him Mostly Harmless 2024
that kindergarten teacher slash soft rock dude is a national treasure. wild story.
