rushshirt
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Member Since: 15 Nov 2022
Location: New York, NY, USA
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The River (1951) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"A quiet summer tour down a stream of young romance, loss, and life. Considering when the film was made, the interplay between colonialist and Indian perspectives is surprisingly balanced."
Toni (1935) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"Renoir does proto-neo-realism with a distinctly French pathos. The story is one of a fairly standard love triangle with few surprises, but the lingering shots of the countryside are quite the appetizer."
Shrek the Third (2007) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"A fitting progression of the series (Shrek having kids), but the magic has faded and the star-studded casting seems forced rather than charming. Not nearly as memorable as the first two, but still not without its moments of multi-layered humor."
Ratatouille (2007) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"Talking rats aside, Pixar and Bird are most in their element when telling a simple culinary tale of amibition and what inspires it. With even its tertiary characters leaving a mark and moments that will leave you tearing up from a rich melange of emotions, this is nothing short of an all-time classic drama.`"
Elf (2003) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"Not quite a modern classic, but still a delightful tale of belief and reconnection with some moments of evincing not a small bit of laughter. Ferrel's naive and careless character is one note and would be grating if not for a stellar supporting cast playing his foil."
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"Subject-matters surprisingly mature for 90s Disney--racism, lust, religious scruples, to name a few--are easier to digest thanks to lively set design and classically infectious show-tunes. Of course, Hugo's excellent source material also deserves its recognition, but the liberties taken for the sake of the "modern" audience never veer into disrespectful."
Hercules (1997) - Rated 26 Jan 2025
"Disney might have been slightly out of its prime by the turn of the century, but this is still an enthralling love story replete with heroic action and catchy musical numbers. The Greco-mythological setting is mostly superficial, reflecting Disney's trademark ideology of destiny deferred and love conquering all."
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) - Rated 16 Nov 2023
"Mabuse is an enthralling character and his tricks of the mind are convincing if not a tad theatrical. The plot itself a fairly procedural; its pacing and length lend itself better to a serial than a feature-length."
A Page of Madness (1926) - Rated 24 Oct 2023
"An scattered collage of disturbing images that convey the inner turmoil of mental illness, set to a haunting score by the Alloy Orchestra. Normally, the incompleteness of such a work would be deleterious, but in this case, it fits the theme and tone remarkably well."
Stop Making Sense (1984) - Rated 21 Oct 2023
"A concert film that displays just as much mastery of craft as the music it documents. Byrne's spotlight is at times eclipsed by the captured space and time itself."
