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Furiosa is a Masterpiece (opens the original)
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I became obsessed with Mad Max after Fury Road instantly became one of all-time favorite films back in 2015. I remember reading all the interviews on how the film was made… George Miller openly talked about all the additional stories from the Wasteland that he had mapped out, including the origins for Furiosa for which he already had a completed script.For years, this version of Furiosa lived in development hell: studio disputes, budget delays, false starts, and casting rumors. At one point it w
Possession and the Joy of Discovering a Cult Classic (opens the original)
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Possession had been sitting on my watchlist for almost five years.The film always felt like one of those cult classics that would make its way on niche best horror lists… but it was around COVID that Letterboxd really got a hold of it and everyone had some variation of the same warning: nothing will prepare you for Possession.I didn’t watch it sooner because it’s a hard movie to find on streaming (shout out Kanopy!), but mostly, because I was waiting for the right moment.There’s a paradox that c
Munich Is Spielberg Wrestling With Israel and Palestine (opens the original)
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I remember watching Schindler’s List in school, and right when it ended, one of the older students goes: “Look at how they were treated, and now they’re doing the same thing to the Palestinians.“I had no clue what he meant, but that line stuck with me… I eventually learned about the Israel-Palestine conflict and understood what that student was saying.Munich feels like Spielberg’s attempt to make sense of that contradiction, a response to: How could one ethnic group face a targeted and horrifyin
Coyote vs. Acme is How You Revive IP (opens the original)
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Hollywood has spent this century convincing itself that recognizable IP is the safest thing in the world.Let’s make movies about characters people already know, whether they’re from comic books or video games!Reference the things they remember and give the characters their iconic lines!If you run out of ideas, throw in a few characters from the same universe, people will get excited when they recognize them!And whatever you do, DO NOT deviate from the source material!Let’s use Space Jam since we
I Miss the Old Marvel Cinematic Universe (opens the original)
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I’ve finally figured out why I’m tired of the MCU.I wasn’t sure if it’s because I’ve simply seen too much of the same thing, or because the movies have actually gotten worse. Turns out it’s a little bit of column A and column B.I remember when the Avengers were first coming together and how exciting each movie felt. Nobody had figured out this cinematic universe thing, but Kevin Feige was executing on his vision.Iron Man, Thor and Captain America were getting their own adventure, and eventually
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