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Tim Curry appreciation post.
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Rewatched Legend tonight. The scene stealing legend that is Tim Curry is such a delight. His performance absolutely rises above everything else in that film, to use the cliche, he is very much playing chess with this material. His dialogue delivery is so measured when most actors would have really “hammed” it up.Clue,...
Billy Eichner made a great rom-com. Now its audiences' turn.
Johnny Dangerously - yay or nay?
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So I had this weird urge to check what movies did Michael Keaton play in that are not Batman, Birdman or Spider-man, and so I got onto IMDb.Scrolling through I found this one. It seemed familiar. Indeed it was - the intro song was written by none other than Weird Al, it even had it's own music video with parts of the...
Movies that did too much showing and not enough telling
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So, we all know the phrase, "show don't tell". Basically, it is better for a film to visualize its exposition, rather than dumping it all via dialogue.However, there needs to be a balance, as exposition done via dialogue isn't inherently bad, and depending on context, can be necessary.Which brings me to this thought:...
With all the institutional chaos in the world, I'd like to recommend Death Of Stalin for some clarity
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I don't know if I can call a movie this dark "comfort media", but personally I find something really healing in the lessons this movie brings, namely that even at the topmost levels of the organizations and governments that intrude on our lives every day, no one knows what the fuck is going on. There are no Bond villains,...