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Review of Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson's films aren't for everyone; some find them cold and alienatingly whimsical. If you don't get on with his style, watching a film of his must feel a little bemusing; if you can't empathise, you'd be left wondering what the point of any of it was. Myself, I've always been a fan, but watching Moonrise Kingdom made me feel how it must be to watch any of his other films without getting it. All the key elements were there -- hipster soundtrack, fairytale settings, lovely typefaces, Bill Murray -- but the whole thing left me cold. →
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I’m here about some monkeys
A recent viewing of Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, a film I've seen several times since its release in 1995, left me wondering if, despite some appealing cyclical time-travel logic, it doesn't deliver quite enough of a mindfuck. →
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Sin City
It's good to know that, while watching dross like Revenge of the Sith can make you wish the Lumière brothers just hadn't bothered, there are still films like Sin City that remind you how good the medium can be. →