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Jason Hall recommended The Battle of Algiers (1966) in Movies (curated)

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

1966 | Classics, Drama, War

7.4

(8 Ratings)

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"This film dramatizes insurgency with choreographed chaos that feels like newsreel footage, though opening credits remind you it’s not. This film comments on the power of a righteous belief and speaks to the complexity of our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite having been made in 1966."

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Diablo Cody recommended Gimme Shelter (1970) in Movies (curated)

Gimme Shelter (1970)

1970 | Documentary, Music, Thriller

(0 Ratings)

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"This is documentary in the purest sense: a document. It’s real and sickening, and it feels dirty to watch. And yet there’s something weirdly redemptive about the fact that the Maysles were there. They caught it, they bronzed it like a shoe, and it can’t ever be diminished."

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Thermometer and Hygrometer - Temperature, Humidity

Weather and Travel

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Thermo ° get weather data from the nearest weather station based on your location.You can switch...

Casting Shadows

Sophie McKenzie

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Flynn is making every effort to stay in control of his hot temper, while River feels more content...

Awix (3310 KP) rated The Day Shall Come (2019) in Movies

Oct 15, 2019

Offbeat comedy-thriller from Chris Morris never quite coheres when it comes to raising a laugh or making a serious point. It feels like the story would have been more topical ten years ago: essentially it's a critique of the FBI for entrapping relatively harmless individuals on spurious terrorism charges, simply for the kudos and publicity involved - offering to give people guns and then arresting them for possession of firearms, for instance. In this case an unhinged Miami cult leader's need for cash results in him getting mixed up with the police and FBI.

Well, there is potential here, I suppose, but on this occasion Morris never quite shakes off the lingering traces of his background in TV comedy to make something that feels like an extended cinematic narrative, and too often the story is silly rather than funny. The story feels contrived and a bit manipulative, too. Anna Kendrick works incredibly hard to lift the material she's given, but in the end the film is wildly uneven and seldom more than mildly amusing.

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) in Movies

Apr 16, 2021 (Updated Jul 4, 2021)

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

2001 | Comedy, Drama, International

4.5

(2 Ratings)

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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Boo-fucking-hoo, sad sad sad. Total bullshit, another turn-of-the-millennium 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 wannabe where a bunch of junk characters spout faux-philosophical anecdotes about No Actual Thing for what feels like literal ages. Starts off with some minor intrigue but no sooner I couldn't stand it - what with it's downright laughably corny music and sterile-as-can-be cinematography *on top of* this aggressively cringe dialogue delivered by such nonentities. Feels like one of those fake AI bots from Twitter being fed every somber hyperlink film and spatting out its jumbled tropes. I'm not going to say this doesn't have intriguing ideas, they just go nowhere and most of these stories just... don't even finish? Young Rob McElhenney in a bit part outacts the entire cast of unenthusiastic performances from A-listers (other than McConaughey who just feels right in and around any courtroom setting, but even then they give him next to no breathing room). Still in disbelief with how boring they decided to play this.