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“You know, this doesn’t have to be a bad time in your life. Going to war is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It could be fun.”
One of the better war films and one of the most beautiful — eerily quiet for the most part which makes is disconcerting if you’re expecting constant bomb-disposal and shootouts, but it works to induce paranoia and immerse you in what life must be like for this squad.
★★★★★
“I could have chlamydia. I have been… whoring around a lot.”
One of the best high-school comedies in a few decades — smart, candid and grounded about sex and school drama, and a star-making performance by Emma Stone (also Stanley Tucci is awesome in this).
★★★★✩
“Do you know what you’ll find if you look up ‘idiot’ in the dictionary?” “…a picture of me?” “No, the the definition of idiot, which you fucking are!”
An exceptional film, so sharp and so funny few others compare; Shane Black’s script is flawless and hilarious, brought to life brilliantly by Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan; a must-watch (and again and again).
★★★★★
“You can make moonshine whiskey from just about anything. Turnips, pumpkins, blackberries, cornmeal, tree bark. Anything.”
Megan Ellison doesn’t seem to fund bad movies, and this is no exception; Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Jason Clarke are three of my favourite actors, and Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska, two of my favourite actresses; a tobacco-chewing, moonshine-sipping, prohibition gangster film of the highest order.
★★★★✩
“Cal, be better than the GAP. Be better than the GAP.”
A great ‘fix your shit’ movie — the first half being composed of Ryan Gosling helping Steve Carrell to ‘get in touch’ with his manhood by dressing better and teaching him how to talk to women — intertwined with a trio of sweet and individually endearing love stories.
★★★★✩