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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 ★★★★½ Watched Nov 28, 2020 joshmatthews’s review published on Letterboxd: This wartime Preston Struges comedy, which outright names some of the most brutal battle of the WW2 theater, including Bataan and Guadalcanal, seems to mock fog-of-war political machinations as much as it encourages viewers to…
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December 22, 2020
Comedy

Mon Oncle — Jacques Tati’s 3rd Feature Film

Mon Oncle 1958 ★★★★½ "Mon Oncle" displays Tati coming into his own, with content galore, wrapped up in the spirit of playfulness that exudes his entire body of work. I recall Truffaut dissing this movie as simply pitting Old Paris vs. Modernistic Paris. It does. The two halves…
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December 19, 2020
Comedy

Playtime — Jacques Tati’s 4th Feature Film

PlayTime 1967 ★★★★★ If you're beginning with Tati, I recommend avoiding this movie at first, until you've watched one or preferably two of his others. Start with "Monsieuer Hulot's Holiday," my least favorite of his but the most classic and basic. Then "Mon Oncle," then "Playtime." Watching in…
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December 19, 2020
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Title: The Ballad of Buster ScruggsWritten and directed by: Joel and Ethan CoenStarring: Tim Blake Nelson, James France, Liam Neeson, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson (and a cast of many more)Music by: Carter Burwell I have been waiting long, so long, for someone to do it well. The Coen Brothers…
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April 12, 2019
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Green Book (2018)

Title: Green Book Directed by: Peter Farrelly Written by: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Starring: Viggo Mortenson and Mahershala Ali Green Book, an otherwise forgettable movie, has one remarkable quality: Whatever your views on social relations in America, it will reinforce them.…
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February 22, 2019
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Game Night (2018)

Title: Game Night Directed by: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Written by: Mark Perez Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons, Kyle Chandler, Lamorne Morgan, Kylie Bunbury Music by: Cliff Martinez From its opening shot, “Game Night” knows exactly what it is: an escapist…
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March 9, 2018
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Three Billboards (2017)

Title: Three BillboardsDirectors: Martin McDonaghScreenplay: Martin McDonaghStarring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Landry JonesMusic: Carter Burwell They got the odd, plain title of this movie, every word of it, just right. They also made one of the best films of the year. You…
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December 29, 2017
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American Made (2017)

Title: American MadeDirected by: Doug LimenWritten by: Gary Spinelli As a child of the 1980s, I was repeatedly told to say “no” to drugs. Our school had the D.A.R.E program, and we watched a variety of anti-drug after-school specials. There was a rather cute D.A.R.E. dog which…
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November 17, 2017
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Logan Lucky (2017)

Title: Logan Lucky Director: Steven Soderbergh Screenplay: Rebecca Blunt Music by: David Holmes Producers: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Gregory Jacobs, Mark Johnson For two hours, “Logan Lucky” offers many fine ,jazz-like riffs on the familiar melodies of the heist-movie plot. Its reworkings of those melodies bring…
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September 21, 2017