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Pepsi: The Choice of a New Generation

It’s called garlic because you wanna lick food made with it

Scientists are saying the future is going to be far less futuristic than they originally predicted

The thirteenth Ocean accomplice is Matt Damon’s fake nose

“All I wanna do is travel home with you”

The bit of people coming up to Bruce Willis to talk Sixth Sense cracked me up every time

This is a Marvel No Spoiler Zone

Thank you, Mr. Jackpots

You watch this now and it’s easy to take the craft here for granted but when you consider the context of how sci-fi looked before this, and it’s plain to see how it became the biggest movie in the world. Hadn’t seen in six years (probably the longest gap between viewings of my life?) and wow, every second crackles. Come back to us, George

Fellini is at his most compelling when delving into fantasies whose irrealities, by contrast, underscore the absurdities and complexities of real life. He does this to great effect in Roma and City of Women, the latter of which I still consider to be the most illuminating portrait of his id. 8 1/2 is remarkable in its own right but when considered in conversation with his next film, Juliet of the Spirits, he achieves a stunning effect. 

By first examining the causes of the deficiencies in his own relationships here and subsequently the effect those deficiencies have on his marriage, he creates a shimmering dialog. When contemplating his own infidelities, Nolan’s Oppenheimer muses that only a fool or a child presumes to know someone else’s relationship. Perhaps it’s only for his own amusement but in this duo, Fellini dares you to at least attempt

The biggest problem with the Nicolas Cage memes that plagued the Internet during the early 2010s is not their ubiquity or lack of originality. It’s the way they’ve influenced screenwriters over the past decade to tailor roles to meet Cage where they think his sensibilities are, rather than writing skillfully and allowing him, as an actor, to inhabit them the way only he can do. 

The result is a slate of movies like The Incredible Weight of Massive Talent, Dream Scenario, The Surfer, and even Longlegs, which demand the viewer wink along with the script, even if no jokes are written. We’re left with tales signifying nothing, told by a larger-than-life performer whose sound and fury can only echo past hours on the stage

First time revisiting since making good on my plan to read the book and, wow, it really sizzled even more. Oddly, the thing I noticed most on the big screen was how well blocked every scene was, especially the dancing. The camera takes on Austen’s eye in dressing down every character in rapt stride. A real triumph of adaptation. Onward to Emma?

Surprisingly slight but might the most sincere teen comedy put to celluloid. Were people really that earnest back then?

You just say "bingo"

Oh let’s make fun of the inventor who took a risk and put herself out there technologically

Karsh is so cool

This review may contain spoilers.

“ the worth of souls is great in the sight of God”

It’s only after Schindler’s emotional crumpling, before leaving the factory, when he realizes that his pin could have been traded for one more life, that we hear Itzhak Perlman’s solo violin emerge above the orchestra

4:44 pm — 5:25 pm

Quittin’ time!

It’s a tempest in a teapot but when Monica Bellucci is the lightning and Vincent Cassel is the thunder, who wouldn’t want to dance in the rain?

Anakin and Pe gazing out the windows over Coruscant toward each other is one of the most transcendent moments of George Lucas’s career

I liked when referred to the band as The Floyd

“Ladies and gentlemen, it might interest you to know that the City of New York has agreed to pay for your release.”

“Excuse me, sir. Would you mind telling us now how much you're getting?”

“Why is that of interest to you, sir?”

“Well, a person likes to know his worth.”

“One million dollars.”

“That's not so terrific.”

And starring Jon Bernthal as Peppermint Patty

Among the most compelling creative choices in a film full of them is Gibson’s uncredited role as the soldier who drives the nail through Christ’s palm

This review may contain spoilers.

The most interesting thing about The Last Temptation of Christ is the notch it carves on the doorway of Scorsese’s spirituality, highlighting how much he matures in understanding and faith by the time he makes Silence. What we see here is by no means immature, but it is the unsteady product of a believer who, much like the Christ portrayed here, doesn’t quite know what he believes. 

I wasn’t originally planning on watching this today but today—the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday—seems perhaps the most appropriate day of the year for it. It’s the time between life and death, the time of uncertainty for what came next for Christ’s followers. This movie speaks to that moment and the moments of doubt that visit us all. I wondered if Scorsese would choose to show the Resurrection and I think I understand why he didn’t. In a world where seeing is so often a prerequisite for believing, he invites us to consider that believing is seeing

The best part of vampire movies is seeing which rules they choose to fixate on and I loved the focus this held on entering doorways

It’s hilarious that at no point during the movie does Richard Attenborough or anyone else have any idea why Wayne Knight ruins everything and goes AWOL

The funniest punchline in Scorsese’s career has to be Matt Damon trying to figure out why Vera Farmiga is crying so hard at the funeral

Someone needs to tell Tim Burton that people don’t really look like that

“Beneath the man we find his nucleus.”

Had a blast going to lucha libre the past couple nights, figured I oughtta throw this on. Really made me wish there was time to see Oaxaca on this trip 🌽🧈🧀🌶️

Spy Kids 3-D did it better

[100 gecs voice]

🤖I turned on the news and I was the luckiest person in the United States 🤖

“What's going to happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.”

“Max, don't you ever say that again!”

“You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?”

“Oh yes, you can help it. You must help it.”

“The last illusion is at hand. And what better place, than in this city which has died so many times and was resurrected so many times. Watch the real end through pollution, overpopulation. It seems to me the perfect place to watch if we end or not.”

Lots of good ‘70s faces

Ran into Pierce Brosnan at the Guggenheim this week so figured I should listen to my dad and finally check this off of its high spot on my list. Lots of fun, very timely considering the themes of his newest movie about intrigue, love, and trust (Black Bag). Highly recommend!

When I was a kid, I learned the word “interdependent” from a night show the San Diego Zoo used to put on. It was used to define how all creatures on Earth are connected and it’s the best word to describe this film’s incredibly knowing approach to sharing the place we call home

The choice of a new generation

Conclusive proof of Barry being a comedy is Bill Hader lifting the ending of this for the finale

Not sure what kind of kangaroo cut is playing on Prime but it’s a full 15 minutes shorter than what’s d here. I could ire the mastery while watching but something felt missing in the pacing and now I know why. Looking forward to seeing the real thing all in one go next time, preferably on a beat up print, late in the evening

After this ended, I said to Reilly that I really need to brush up on my history and when while walking through the hotel lobby I overheard someone say “This guy downstairs said he needed to brush up on his history and, honestly, same”. 

I imagine this is how Nixon felt hearing the tapes of him and Haldeman. Hope that’s the closest I ever come to relating to him

Well, la-dee-dah

However much Bill Murray you think will be in this based on the trailer, I assure you there’s less

Silly old bear 🍊

“Rise up, I. B. Bangin', and start your life anew!“

Thelma Schoonmaker, I sit in awe of all you do

Watch A24 release a deluxe edition in a few months that actually comes with a third act

Sat behind Sharon Van Etten and she signed my favorite record of hers with a little note after :)

“What did you find, Dad?”
“Me?… Illumination.”

Not only is this on my Mount Rushmore of father/son movies, it’s on my Mount Rushmore of Spielberg as well. Might’ve worn this DVD out more than any other on the portable player reserved for long car trips as a kid. 

You often hear fans of this one say “Oh, I know Raiders is best but I have a soft spot for Last Crusade” and to them I say own it! In my eyes, they’re both perfect movies that speak to everything I love about the art form. But this is the one that speaks even more to what matters in life, too. Really sincere stuff

I have a special relationship to this Lynch because it’s the only one I’ve seen solely on the silver screen. It’s always an event, shown just how he would’ve wanted. You might even say I like to things his own way

It’s never stated in so many words, but this definitely feels like the second Himesh Patel film where nobody re the Beatles

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
3. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
4. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Mission: Impossible II
7. Mission: Impossible III

Miles to go on this one

1. The Age of Innocence
2. After Hours
3. Silence
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. GoodFellas
6. The King of Comedy
7. The Departed
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. The Irishman
10. Taxi Driver

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Jurassic Park
3. Catch Me If You Can
4. Schindler's List
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7. The Fabelmans
8. Jaws
9. West Side Story
10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It’s a start

1. A Serious Man
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Barton Fink
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. True Grit
7. Fargo
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. Raising Arizona
10. The Hudsucker Proxy

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Challengers
4. The Shrouds
5. Juror #2
6. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
7. The Brutalist
8. The Beast
9. A Complete Unknown
10. Nosferatu

...plus 75 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. The French Dispatch
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7. Asteroid City
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Bottle Rocket
10. Rushmore

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Django Unchained
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
7. Death Proof
8. The Hateful Eight
9. Jackie Brown
10. Reservoir Dogs

1. Gone Girl
2. The Social Network
3. Zodiac
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. The Game
6. Panic Room
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. The Killer
9. Alien³
10. Mank

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Last Samurai
• The Last of the Mohicans
• The Creator
• The Lost Daughter
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2
• JFK
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
• The Big Lebowski
• Goldfinger

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Halloween
2. Halloween
3. Halloween II
4. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
5. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
6. Halloween II
7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
8. Halloween
9. Halloween Ends
10. Halloween: Resurrection

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Alien
2. Prometheus
3. Aliens
4. Alien³
5. Alien: Romulus
6. Alien: Covenant
7. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
8. Alien Resurrection

1. Poor Things
2. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
3. The Favourite
4. Dogtooth
5. Kinds of Kindness
6. The Lobster

• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Phantom of the Paradise
• The Living Daylights
• Tenet
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Bodyguard

1. Oppenheimer
2. The Taste of Things
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Poor Things
5. You Hurt My Feelings
6. The Holdovers
7. Fallen Leaves
8. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
9. Barbie
10. Past Lives

...plus 57 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Phantom Thread
2. Inherent Vice
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Master
5. Boogie Nights
6. Punch-Drunk Love
7. Licorice Pizza
8. Hard Eight
9. Magnolia

I said what I said about From Russia with Love.

1. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Goldfinger
4. Die Another Day
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Thunderball
7. Quantum of Solace
8. The Living Daylights
9. GoldenEye
10. For Your Eyes Only

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Romeo + Juliet
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• The Last Days of Disco
• Eyes Wide Shut
• t Security Area
• Mulholland Drive
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Lost in Translation
• 2046
• Pride & Prejudice

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. Tenet
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Dunkirk
9. Batman Begins
10. Following

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Phantom Thread
• Zoolander

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man
4. Spider-Man: Homecoming
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. Spider-Man 3
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home

1. Groundhog Day
2. Buffalo '66
3. Jerry Maguire
4. You've Got Mail
5. While You Were Sleeping
6. Notting Hill
7. Defending Your Life
8. Strictly Ballroom
9. Father of the Bride
10. Green Card

1. Phantom Thread
2. s Ha
3. First Reformed
4. Gone Girl
5. Her
6. Uncut Gems
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Whiplash
9. Little Women
10. Moonrise Kingdom

1. Scream
2. Scream 4
3. Scream 2
4. Scream VI
5. Scream 3
6. Scream

1. Rocky
2. Rocky III
3. Creed
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Rocky IV
6. Creed II
7. Rocky II
8. Creed III
9. Rocky V

• While You Were Sleeping
• The Proposal

1. TÁR
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. RRR
4. Avatar: The Way of Water
5. The Batman
6. Petite Maman
7. Cha Cha Real Smooth
8. Master Gardener
9. The Fabelmans
10. Elvis

...plus 65 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Godzilla vs. Kong
• Halloween

• Paddington 2
• The Shape of Water

• Josie and the Pussycats
• Spy Kids
• Eyes Wide Shut

I said what I said about Attack of the Clones

1. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Star Wars
4. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
10. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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If I ran the poll… entries ranked chronologically

• Roman Holiday
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Alien
• Chungking Express
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Mulholland Drive
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Children of Men
• The Social Network
• Mad Max: Fury Road

1. Romeo + Juliet
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Strictly Ballroom
5. Elvis
6. Australia

• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Still Mine

1. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2. Licorice Pizza
3. The French Dispatch
4. Drive My Car
5. Dune
6. Titane
7. The Matrix Resurrections
8. Shiva Baby
9. The Card Counter
10. The Green Knight

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Why not?

1. Ratatouille
2. The Incredibles
3. Monsters, Inc.
4. Soul
5. Inside Out
6. Finding Nemo
7. Toy Story 2
8. Coco
9. Turning Red
10. Cars

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• Miami Vice
• Die Another Day

• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Holes

• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
• The Matrix Reloaded

1. Mulholland Drive
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Children of Men
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5. Across the Universe
6. Donnie Darko
7. Lost in Translation
8. National Treasure
9. Ratatouille
10. The Royal Tenenbaums

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Minari
2. Soul
3. Palm Springs
4. Mank
5. Da 5 Bloods
6. Emma.
7. The Life Ahead
8. The Trial of the Chicago 7
9. The Assistant
10. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My favorite movies that take place over 24 hours

• After Hours
• Alien
• The Assistant
• Before Sunrise
• Claire's Camera
• Cléo from 5 to 7
• Die Hard
• The Dinner Game
• Do the Right Thing
• Escape from New York

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. s Ha
3. Her
4. Little Women
5. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
6. Parasite
7. Sing Street
8. The Farewell
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. Silver Linings Playbook

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Lamb

• When Harry Met Sally...
• Palm Springs
• What's Up, Doc?
• Moonstruck
• You've Got Mail
• The Big Sick
• Man Up
• Enough Said
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Notting Hill

• Minari
• Little Women
• BlacKkKlansman
• Phantom Thread
• La La Land
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Her
• Django Unchained
• Midnight in Paris

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Step Brothers
• Elf

Johnny Jewel-core

• Suspiria
• Blade Runner 2049
• Good Time
• Uncut Gems
• Drive
• Her
• Lost in Translation
• Blossoms & Blood
• A Star Is Born
• Ham on Rye

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• City of God
• Ratatoing

• Last Holiday
• Green Card