Category: Movie Reviews

Let this be a lesson in the toxicity of anger. -Ladybug- Bullet Train is exactly the movie you should watch if you want to see great casting and acting, laughing when you shouldn’t (in reality it would be a serious time), and a good story up until the very end. I read some of the…

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It seems most adaptations from books written in the late 1800s and early 1900s deal with a love triangle with all their secrets, passions, and contradictions. What these stories have that many new romance books don’t have is subtly. D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover has all the nuance a story should have. As with other…

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It’s at the finishings that you must come to terms with the idea that perfection is a necessary goal, precisely because it is unattainable. If you don’t aim for perfection, you cannot make anything great. And yet true perfection is impossible. -Leonard Burling- Mark Rylance is an underrated actor and I encourage everyone to watch…

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There are things will happen and make you feel powerless, and make you feel insignificant, but that’s it. There are just feelings. and sometimes you have to stop feeling and start doing. -Norah Price- Underwater is about a team of underwater researchers stuck in a station near the Mariana Trench while being attacked by an…

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Dreams make good stories, but everything important happens when we’re awake. -Duncan Idaho- This short review doesn’t have any major spoilers! That’s a Lot of Sand Dune is about Paul Atreides, the son Duke Leto, who has visions of a woman from the future and must ultimately prove his worth in order to save his…

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Sometimes you don’t see the line until you cross it. -Stanton Carlisle- There’s No Shortcuts in Life Nightmare Alley is based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham and screenplay written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan. The movie is rated R and is 2 hours and 30 minutes long. The essence of this…

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I say before all of you, I spoke the truth! -Marguerite de Carrouges There are not major spoilers in this review!!! History of the Last Duel The Last Duel like many historical drama stories was adapted from a book by Eric Jager. The screenplay was written by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon. The movie is…

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Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. -Aldo Gucci- There are not major spoilers in this review!!! The Breakdown of the Gucci Family and the Movie The father of the Gucci empire was Guccio Gucci. He lived from 1881 to 1953 in Florence, Italy. With his marriage to Aida Calvelli, Guccio had five sons…

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Maybe with good luck we’ll find what eluded us in the places we once called home. -Roebuck Wright- There are not major spoilers in this review!!! A Nod to the Newspaper The French Dispatch is the tenth movie directed by Wes Anderson where he pretty much had control over everything about the production. As with…

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