Archive for Tag criterion
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Allons enfants de la patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé. Throw that Vichy water in the trash where it belongs. Even a propagandist is correct once in while.
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This is truly the Citizen Kane of our time, but it’s only accidentally brilliant. Know idiot and delusional Aaron Sorkin tries to suck Zuckerberg’s cock while maintaining eye contact all the time, but it backfires and both look like absolute idiots.
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Play it, Tuli!
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Ahh, vintage Will Smith slaps … I mean, kicks ass. A bona fide Arnie-alike. The plot is great too.
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I’d buy that for a dollar! A bit dated now, but still prescient. Mainstream big budget films where a strike is not really shown in a negative way are precious.
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Hail Paimon. Go ahead, chase me, I’ll run away to the attic.
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Hot damn, this is intense. “Show, don’t tell is” taken pretty far here, most exposition is replaced with body horror instead. High octane paranoia, relentless from the opening shot with the escaping “dog” to the final explosions.
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Like a fine wine, it gets better with age. The soundtrack is incredible. Not to be confused with Repo: The Genetic Opera, which is also great for different reasons.
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Come on man, I got four kids to feed!
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Come on maggots, you want to live forever?
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Like tears in the rain, the sheer visual power seeps into the water table and contaminates all downstream art.
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Part of the holy trinity of classical anime: this, Akira and Cowboy Bebop. Innocence is also great.
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This is almost a variety act: singing and dancing is the bulk of it, but there’s also some drama, theatricals, and even space for political points (either more towards philosophy, or straight up politicking).
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A baby fathered by The Matrix, Shaolin Soccer, Moonlight, and In The Mood for Love. Usually, “stuck in a blender” is a metaphor, but this is a corker. A better multiverse than more Marvel crap.
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Lord of the Sands. One Shai-Hulud to rule them all, one Lisan al-Gaib to bind them.
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The long shots never get old. Never.
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Hack the Planet! Hack the Planet!
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I had never seen the extended cut. They cut so much Wombosi stuff out, and there was apparently plenty of cuts and reshoots too. Still manages to blow most thrillers out of the water.
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That’s just, like, your opinion, man. The Dude abides. Nobody fucks with the Jesus. This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass! You human paraquat!
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Simply brilliant, Tati 4 life. One of the best road movies ever.
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Strange for cops to murder black people on a random traffic stop? Over spurious reasons, for nothing? Yeah, the good old 90’s…
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Unemployed rent-a-cop/hitman wanders into town, pits two gangs against one another, comes out on top-ish. The Japanese Man with no Name.
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On the Mud-Caked Precipice of Greatness.
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Crew Expendable.
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Yes, this is a run of the mill 90’s anti-hero, with mild The Exorcist flavour. But I still love it, Holy Wars have never been so snarky.
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The index film for the COVID-19 generation. Wicked sick.
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Mentally unstable news anchor talks smack on live TV. Self-Destructing behaviour ensues. Released in 1976. Damn.
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Landlubber Ephraim Winslow and old sea wolf Thomas Wake heave their belongings to the rock, eagerly waitin’ for the two fortnights of their shift. Two man in, how many men out? The sea. Sums. Dichotomy between good and evil.
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A crazy premise leads to a massive tear jerker. Nuts! No cockups here, I was unable to maintain a stiff upper lip.
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Shaolin Soccer meets Bourne, featuring Mediterranean refugees. Never thought that last sentence could ever make sense.
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Really puts a human face into the so called “economic migrants” we hear so much about. If this can’t shift policy, nothing can.
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Simplicity is when you remove all unnecessary features, you get this. A film that’s all meat, no fat.
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How come this is so well regarded? It’s nothing more than white dudes talking.
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Ok, looking with a bit more attention, the plot is not as silly as it seems, there’s plenty of justification for their actions. It still makes no damn sense, but at least the internal consistency is there. Doesn’t diminish the film a bit.
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Wikus is the real everyman. A dumb bureaucrat who keeps fucking up.
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What’s in the booooox (office)‽ The perfect Halloween film, if you like your candy laced with rusty razorblades, for your mind.
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I have seen this several times now over the years, and it never fails to impress, even when you know the twists. Bourne with much less action and more evilness.
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Not so special K. A worthwhile sequel to a classic.
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A companion piece to The Matrix, but with a noir aesthetic. Sleeep!
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Damn radical. Part of the holy trinity of classical anime: this, Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop.
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A supreme being. Perfect.
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A gripping tale of a feral ecoterrorist raised by wolves that discover what you hu-mans call “emotions”.
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War. War never changes.
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I re-watched King Kong today and it’s still as impressive as the first time.
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This is just amazing. Should really be called Secret Service Story.