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Music by John Williams (2024)
The man behind the maestro.
Filmmaker(s): Laurent Bouzereau

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.

Pop have commented on about 6,000 films and I cannot recall any of those comments centred on the score. Yet we all know that for many films that is an important component. The primary reason I suppose is that I am not a sophisticated listener,...


Published December 17, 2024
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Wicked (2024)
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Filmmaker(s): Jon M. Chu

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Information Warfare became entangled with Oz in a serious way outside the movie. The Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach is a legacy of a trend in the 1930s, begun long before where we seek more elaborate external forces than a single God. This trend...


Published December 17, 2024
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I Am What I Am (2021)
Filmmaker(s): Sun Haipeng

By a fortunate coincidence, Juan is inspired and encouraged by a girl with the same name. Therefore, he decides to form a lion dance troupe with his friends, Cat and Dog, to break the constraints of reality and fight for themselves for once.

Sacrificial may find this a bit hard to see, and I am puzzled why it has not gotten an English dubbed release in our content hungry streaming platforms. I suspect it is because it is so focused on a young Chinese audience that it would...


Published December 16, 2024
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Red One (2024)
The mission to save Christmas is on.
Filmmaker(s): Jake Kasdan

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

Components films are a concept salad, with things borrowed from trusted buckets. The proposition seems to be that if you have enough of these you can cobble a blockbuster audience — in the case of Christmas movies, a recurring audience. What they expect is that we...


Published December 16, 2024
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
Filmmaker(s): Wes Anderson

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

Shifting of Equalities have all watched as Wes moved more and more toward where he finds his soul as a storyteller — a constant movement toward what we have here, powerful enough to earn a place on my list of ‘fours’. Depending on when you...


Published December 3, 2024
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Gladiator II (2024)
Prepare to be entertained.
Filmmaker(s): Ridley Scott

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

<strong>Reverse Ventriloquism am roughly the same age as Scott and Coppola and still producing. I’m going to visit their creations out of loyal admiration as much as anything. But also inspiration, because I am pulled between two extremes they represent. Coppola is an intellectual intuitive...


Published December 1, 2024
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Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest (2021)
Filmmaker(s): Takeshi Yashiro

This is my report about a mysterious creature that "Watashi" found the year when normal came to a stop all around the globe. All over the world, people were forced to stay at home in the spring of the year; "Watashi" decided to stop commuting to the city and stayed home every day. One day, "Watashi" discovered mysterious traces in my garden. "Watashi" set up a camera to find out what it might be.

Camera as Soul of all, I am a sucker for artisanal stop motion. I’ve even elevated a few to my must see list of ‘fours’. This clearly was something from a deep emotional drive, in the only solitary film medium. The art here is remarkable because...


Published November 23, 2024
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Ghosted (2023)
Meeting that special someone can be a real adventure.
Filmmaker(s): Dexter Fletcher

Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.

How I Met Your Spy Mother another film I cannot recommend from the trailer on. This script comes from a vending machine with the selections: ‘romantic comedy’, sexy girl superhero/Bond, two and a half big action sequences, with the governance in that order. It almost seems...


Published November 11, 2024
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Kimi (2022)
She's not the only one listening.
Filmmaker(s): Steven Soderbergh

A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.

Powdered Banana we have a master filmmaker, someone who can squeeze a brilliant vision out of just about anything. We have a very talented and experienced scriptwriter, someone who has impressed before. And a very competent actress who fills the role well. She has a...


Published November 11, 2024
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Lola (2022)
Making history will never be the same again
Filmmaker(s): Andrew Legge

Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.

Retroactive Reinterpretation you should know this comment is written after a long break from lucidly watching serious movies, as my current movie time is often guided to mainstream films. I am giving this film a four, because it is one of the two from 2022...


Published October 22, 2024
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