this was also a good movie as someone who is increasingly interested in like the idea of something like actor auteurism, the idea that the lead actor is sometimes the most dominant creative voice or the movie seems to coalesce around them more than anything else… thinking of arnold schwazenegger, shah rukh khan, jackie chan as some figures like this… actors who wouldn’t disappear into a role even if they could or something idk
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Yeah that reminds me of something I heard about Kirsten Stewart. She doesn’t play characters. She plays Kristen Stewart. They weren’t saying that as if it were a deficiency. Some movies really need Kristen Stewart in them.
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More sad dad movies, sure, yes, all in
I’m told the book is good, by jordan harper, another proud son of missouri
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I saw him on a fun panel at the LA Times book festival this year
Joey…
i went out to the desert, and i killed him
really into the idea of a gnarly alien being the lead but there’s just no way predator badlands will be any good, is there
It is unfortunately a Disney movie so discussion itt is forbidden
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bother
Shitty movies are back
Also the part in the War of The Worlds trailer where it says “data is their food” immediately makes me think of “bones are their dollars” from that one itysl sketch
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how does a 2 minute trailer have 4 chapters
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I’ve been to that block that does the light displays so many times…
Shocking that they got store brand Stavros for this, I’m sure he was available
it’s the Duplass brothers, who are too reliably “everyone goes home happy” liberal for me even (I shouldn’t say even because everyone knows I’m more aesthetically than politically judgmental), I think the sensibility clashes too much
Stav was great in Shane Gillis’ Netflix show though (I know a lot of people think Shane Gillis is pointlessly edgy the way they thought cum town was). and I’m looking forward to him in the new Yorgos, even though the last Yorgos truly sucked (wasting Hong Chau is unforgivable) and everyone has already written this one off for being a remake
I’ve never been particularly impressed by Yorgos (though I did really like The Favourite) but watching Stavvy act alongside Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons is too fundamentally hilarious to turn down, even if it turns out bad. Especially if it turns out bad.
As for this romcom thing, look: any movie that has that many locations that I can credibly say I’ve been to, I’ll watch.
Plus did you catch that in the beginning he busts his face because he slips when a brick comes loose from a stoop… that is a truly classic Baltimore injury… I’ve got a couple loose bricks in my stoop as we speak…
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Just five minutes after I read his name, Shane Gillis gets namedropped by my brother to share his impersonation of Dan Carlin.
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