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December 2022

Month archive / 22 posts

¡Three Amigos! film poster

¡Three Amigos!

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William F. Buckley Jr. at Cannes

It was as if National Review were running Criterion Channel. An art house streaming service with a foundation of conservative values, and somebody thought it would work. Or maybe they knew it wouldn’t, and that was the point. As I butted heads with virtually all of my colleagues, most of whom were also progressive-minded cineastes, I began to suspect the company had hired us just to tie up our expertise in a boondoggle. I wouldn’t… See more →

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 film poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 film poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film poster

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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The Hunger Games film poster

The Hunger Games

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Waiting for Guffman film poster

Waiting for Guffman

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It's a Wonderful Life film poster

It's a Wonderful Life

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Glass Onion film poster

Glass Onion

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Custodians of Human Succession album cover

Custodians of Human Succession

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Scared Stiff film poster

Scared Stiff

I’m not well versed in the Hong Kong school of “what if [title of recent successful American movie], but completely incoherent?,” but between Magic Crystal’s kung fu/E.T./Indiana Jones cocktail and Scared Stiff’s action/bromance/comedy take on Nightmare on Elm Street, I’m more than sufficiently compelled to investigate further.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio film poster

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

I came for the stop-motion, but it wasn’t enough to keep me from bailing about halfway through. I assume there are more songs, and I’m not sorry to have missed them.

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Casino film poster

Casino

Why do all the Kansas City mafiosos in this have Brooklyn accents?

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VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<6NDR7<<< album cover

VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<6NDR7<<<

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Day 1,001

Notes from the bunker

A few hours after my last post in this series back in May, L tested positive, as have many other friends and family members in the months since. As someone who still has yet to contract Covid, I may now be in the minority among the people I know. Nevertheless, between staying on top of my vaccine regimen and absorbing the zeitgeist, my day-to-day caution is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. I usually carry a… See more →

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Run Lola Run film poster

Run Lola Run

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Saving Christmas film poster

Saving Christmas

I genuinely appreciate when a movie I know is going to be wretched proves to be significantly worse than I thought possible, so I have no regrets, but this was truly painful all the same.

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Premonition album cover

Premonition

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American Movie film poster

American Movie

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