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21 JUMP STREET (2012)
I will be covering this film on Slackerwood for SXSW
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MONEYBALL (2011)
★★★★★★★★☆☆
I liked MONEYBALL when I first saw it, not as much as I thought I would. I’ve seen it twice more since then, and I’m genuinely in love with the film now. I think my issues with remembering the events that are portrayed and the liberties the movie takes with the truth seemed odd to me, but as a sports drama, this is film is truly top notch. Plus, it’s co-written by Aaron Sorkin, and if you know me, you know how much I love anything he’s involved with.
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GOON (2012)
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
What looked like a moderately funny sports comedy thankfully turned into a really hilarious one. It’s rare that sports comedies can take a sport seriously. Some of the funnier ones, even ones that I really like often take a satirical look at them. Films like Baseketball and Kingpin have a way of making a sport feel silly and even dumb. Goon doesn’t do that, it might seem like it does at times, but this film pays the highest amount of respect it can to a thankless job in sports, the hockey enforcer.
Written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, I am extremely excited to see what these guys can come up with next, and I’m damn sure excited at the prospect of them maybe doing another sports movie one day.
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OLDBOY (2005)
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Although I’m curious to see what Spike Lee does with it, if ever there were a foreign film that DOES NOT need to be remade, it’s OLDBOY.
OLDBOY is a damn near perfect film, and proves that when it comes to revenge, Koreans don’t fuck around. I’ve only seen once prior to this viewing, and obviously this is the first time I’ve seen it on the big screen in 35mm, I can safely say that this will be one of my favorite in-theater experiences ever. Such a great film, perfectly acted, precision paced. Worth every second of your time.
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MANDRILL (2010)
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
One of my favorite films of 2010 when I saw it at my first Fantastic Fest and my introduction to the awesome that is Marko Zaror. For those that are turned off by foreign films, I challenge you to watch this one. It’s story is easy to follow and it’s hard not to like Marko Zaror.
