It's a different experience, watching Phantom Thread for the second time. The first time you watch it, you really have no idea what you're getting yourself into. On the second watch, you THINK you know what you're getting into. But then it hits you that you can watch this movie any number of ways. It can be so many different things, depending on how you want to watch it. It fee...
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Micro Review – Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is flashy and exciting, but the majority of the plot is pretty convoluted. It's hard to follow what's really happening. But it's still a decent enough spy flick I suppose, with a mesmerizing Charlize Theron. On second thought, Charlize Theron may be the reason it was "decent enough."
3.5 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – The Girl on the Train
An okay thriller.
2.5 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – Hail, Caesar!
It's the Coen Brothers. Their movies are like pizza. They're never terrible. There's always a baseline goodness. Hail, Caesar! is not my favorite Coen Brothers film. But it's funny, and enjoyable to watch, and there are a lot of my favorite actors in it.
3.5 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – Hidden Figures
Pretty fascinating "based on a true" story about an oft-overlooked part of the space race. It follows a common formula for biographical, historical feed-good movies. It would have been nice if it had tried to break the mold a bit more. But it's quite charming at times. And it's good family entertainment.
4 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – Thoroughbreds
Hmm. How to describe Thoroughbreds? A bizarre dark comedy about upper-class suburban malaise? That’s probably the best way to put it. I enjoyed watching it. But I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe it was the plain-faced wackiness of it? Maybe it was the performance of Olivia Cooke, who deftly juggles anti-social psychosis with dry, sardonic humor. Or the fact that it’s got Paul Spa...
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Micro Review – Meru
What an inspiring, terrifying documentary. We follow three rock climbers as they conquer a seemingly impossible mountain in the Himalayas. With equal parts courage and stupidity, they show us that human beings are capable of amazing things. This movie makes me want to go climb a mountain....Though not THAT mountain.
4 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – A Serious Man
The Coen Brothers make movies that have their own mythologies. There's always a larger context that their movies fit within. Maybe that's what makes them so enjoyable to watch - just knowing that there's more to each film than what you actually see. There's a history for the worlds that their movies take place in, so that you feel like you're only getting to see the tip of the ...
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Micro Review – The Beguiled
This is like a less interesting version of Phantom Thread.
2.5 out of 5 stars
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Micro Review – I, Tonya
I never thought I'd want or need a movie about Tonya Harding. But it's good that they made this. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but if it's even close, the whole story of her life - and the Nancy Kerrigan incident that would ultimately define her - is as interesting as it is tragic. She was just a girl from a rough background who found her true calling and passion. It's sad t...
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