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Many things take this film beyond your average political thriller. First and foremost, the focus on family and togetherness pre- and post-dictatorial regime is incredibly savvy. A powerful opening act helps us feel like a part of the Paivas, from little things like getting a dog to beach adventures and playing volleyball. You get an intimate feeling of who each of the family members is. This could easily get lost in the shuffle, where four girls could…
If there is anything representative of Todd Solondz creating mean spirited character, it is two years following Family Guy entering the public consciousness, getting John Goodman to cosplay as Peter Griffin without glamourising his assholey behavior. It is hard to get past this look without Solondz cynical gaze and not at least acknowledge that he may have been a little scathing of Seth McFarlanes for better or worse, influential cartoon patriarch. In Storytelling thematically he seems to be exploring similar…
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The Girl with The Needle is a film that evokes the silent film era, where deeply atmospheric, gothic/german expressionist settings represent the bleak horror on display. Like a lot of Universal Monsters, they are represented by societal fears. Frankenstein has the argument about science and fate entwined; Dracula is commenting on xenophobia and homophobia here; the monsters are created through repression and circumstance. It is cognizant of what was going on at the time in an…
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Sometimes your Cinderella Story ends up with you chaotically trying to find your drunk ass husband with a bunch of Armenian men you happened to fight. An interesting take, Richard Gere certainly made it a lot easier for Julia Robert’s in Pretty Woman. But as someone who has only seen Mikey Maddison in two films before this, she is the right force to bring fiery chaos. I mean she quite literally ended up on fire in…
