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Movie reviews at micahrickard.com | published at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, and Ekstasis.
Freelance writer and film critic by night. Aerospace engineer by day. (Home) bartender by weekend. Avid reader by freetime.
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You can't compete with Hanks holding three empty martini glasses while working on his fourth
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Not quite mighty enough
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All respect to Wilson, but this is the best prop Hanks has worked with
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You can't compete with Hanks holding three empty martini glasses while working on his fourth
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This resonates, I often feel unsure about how to describe my own writing. And I sometimes feel the lack of options are a discouragement to putting even more time and care into this thing I love doing.
I also want to say: You all rock.
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Is it crazy that I loved the external night shots (where you couldn't see a thing)?
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It's hilarious and delightful to me that of all the theaters they could have picked, SIFF picked the swankiest, biggest one they reserve for blockbusters.
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Floating down the river like the surreal dreamscape of NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
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How do i unlike
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Also: # 12 is World Vision, an evangelical Christian organization.
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Man this sucks. AMC 10 is my go to after SIFF.
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Thank you for this thread (and your persistent work here), Jack. As a Christian who has supported and served with World Relief, it is so disheartening to see these things being done and to see these orgs slandered and attacked.
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ASTEROID CITY last year and CHALLENGERS this time just feel like the most bizarre dismissals. Few other movies in the last decade have been so fun! and thrilling! while also being so sharply made
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I can maybe understand missing a category or two. But... all of em? I was mad about ASTEROID CITY last year but this is even more bizarre
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A SCANNER DARKLY: Linklater's films "typically merge the sad beneath a humorous surface. The balance falters here. For much of its runtime, the film is merely exhausting."
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Don't think about it, Jeffrey! I want to love it! And I respect it, it just has never clicked for me. But I also am always thankful for art that moves people even when it doesn't move me.
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Working through my homework for each of these:
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I hope it starts a trend!
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Gotta admit, I never would've gotten there
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Yeah that'd be really hard to overcome. Though it almost makes me want to read a classically styled period piece (in the mode of Dickens or Austen or Flaubert) where they say "bro" and "dude."
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The second viewing unlocks so much of the dense narrative. But I keep coming back to it as it unfolds as a character study on obsession, sacrifice, and the murky lines between artistry and showmanship.
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It remains my favorite Nolan and vies for a spot in my favorite movies of all-time. Rarely does a movie that hinges on a late twist reward rewatches so consistently (well beyond a second viewing!) as this one.