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Fall Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza Review
By Jacob Cameron “You don’t have the balls. I’m cooler than you. Don’t forget it.” That quote from Alana to her on-and-off relation Gary highlights the up-and-down nature of their relationship in 2021’s Licorice Pizza. The film received widespread praise… Continue reading
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One Battle After Another Review – PTA’s Wild Ride On A Lost Highway
By Brian Susbielles Paul Thomas Anderson, along with contemporaries Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, and Kevin Smith, make up the VHS generation of directors emerging in the 1990s where they were self-taught on how to make movies and came out with… Continue reading
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[Tribeca 2014] Daddio Review- Another Film Set In One Location, But It Has A Good Message At Its Core
One-location films aren’t anything new in Hollywood. In fact, movies set in a vehicle, Locke, aren’t anything new either. That’s the premise of Daddio. A cab at Laguardia Airport in New York City picks up a young woman and takes… Continue reading
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Asphalt City Review- An Unflinching Look At The Dark Side of Being A Paramedic In New York City
Sean Penn is considered one of the best actors of his generation. He’s won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for Mystic River and Milk. Since the 2000s, he hasn’t been as prolific of an actor. He’s been doing more… Continue reading
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Mystic River Retro Review- 20th Anniversay- Masterful Filmmaking, Storytelling and Acting by Everyone Involved
Boston is a city of deep family roots and blood ties that go back hundreds of years. When tragedy happens in this city or surrounding cities, it affects everybody in the area in some way. Mystic River is based on… Continue reading
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Licorice Pizza Review
Coming of age films come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes they are set in the modern-day, but more often than not they are set in the past. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza finds its setting in 1970s Los Angeles. This film… Continue reading
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