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Jaws (1975)::rating::5
I have an informal list of around twenty five perfect movies, and Jaws maintains a permanent residence.  Everything about it is a master class in cinema, from the cinematography, editing, directing, to the note-perfect acting.  And that's to say nothing of John Williams' score, which economically builds the most terrifying motif this side of…
August 11, 20230Comments
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Barbie (2023)::rating::3.5
T hroughout Barbie, two completely different movies jockey for prominence.  In one, director Greta Gerwig (who co-writes with her partner, Noah Baumbach) fashions the iconic doll into a walking, talking instrument of satirical destruction.  The other is a broad, obvious Message Movie, in which characters carve out time for impassioned speeches, replete with tears and clenched…
August 6, 20230Comments
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Oppenheimer (2023)::rating::4
A t first glance, J. Robert Oppenheimer would not seem like an obvious choice for a sprawling, ambitious biopic.  As the father of the atomic bomb, his contributions to mankind were as monumental as they were controversial, but Dr. Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) was also enigmatic, eccentric, and prone to bouts of maddening passivity.  But in…
July 27, 20230Comments
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Clue (1985)::rating::2.5
B y any metric, Clue is the Citizen Kane of movies derived from board games.  Of course, to my knowledge, it’s also the only movie derived from a board game, at least until they green-light Hungry Hungry Hippos.    Still, this campy, cartoonish romp is probably the best thing you’ll ever get from a macabre whodunit where candyass…
July 25, 20230Comments

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