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Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
2019 | Action, Sci-Fi
Tom Holland (2 more)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Teenage romantic subplot
Green screen and CG at times (0 more)
Spider-Man: Far From Home is another slam dunk for Tom Holland’s web-slinger. With a script that perfectly balances humour and emotion, it may be the funniest MCU film yet, this is a film with massive re-watch value with lots of nostalgia and a fabulous cast. Nevertheless, the dodgy special effects do pull you out of the illusion at times and that just stops it from achieving a perfect five stars.

Stick around for two post-credit sequences in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Read the full review: https://moviemetropolis.net/2019/07/05/spider-man-far-from-home-review-marvels-phase-3-comes-to-a-melancholic-end/
  
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
1962 | Drama, Western
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Two years on and Douglas has returned to the safety of westerns, looking older and gaunt, if no less charismatic. Something had cooled in him since Spartacus, and approaching 50 years of age, you can see the maturity and heart-ache most evidently in this performance. The tough guy remains, but there is a wistful aspect to Jack Burns that was not there before. He utilised the writing talents of one Douglas Trumbo to convey a “sadistic harshness” he called “the most perfect script I ever read”. Reportedly, in later years, Douglas considered this his best work, and son Michael (who you may have heard of) has also said this was his favourite amongst his father’s prestigious oeuvre. In that context alone, it is worth watching again.
  
Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman (2019)
2019 | Biography, Drama
Lose yourself (0 more)
Don't take seriously (0 more)
Out of this world (pun intended)
Turn on and switch off... Of reality.

Taron Egerton delivers a stellar performance as Redge Dwight evolves into his colourful, camp, outrageous alterego Elton John.

A beautifully made film charting the ups and downs of singer, from childhood to megastar. The script delivers raw honesty and for someone that wasn't completely au fait with Elton's turbulent life, I felt honoured to share in his madness.

A collective mix of musical numbers with backing tracks allow the viewer to bath in the huge catologue of hits.

Stick it on and enjoy solid acting, writing and directing. Taron is brave, vulnerable and as the Rocket an, shows he is set for the stars.
  
    Scorch

    Scorch

    Stacey Gregg

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    A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, Scorch was...

    True West

    True West

    Sam Shepard

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    Austin, an earnest screenwriter on the verge of success, is working on a script he has sold to a...

Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
1964 | Comedy
8.2 (25 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"If I had dinner plans and I happen to be scrolling through the television channels and this is on, I’m gonna be late for dinner. I just can’t take my eyes off this movie. I was at the Kubrick exhibit at the LA County Museum of Art, and it was incredible to see the production details on this–the script, and what the bomb looked like, and the props. And that’s another movie that just was so far ahead of its time, and effortlessly combined humor and horror. In such a profound level the subject was terrifying and real, and prescient to the Cold War at that time. That absurdity of war and the military, it’s just still so great and hilarious and terrifying."

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Alec Baldwin recommended Paths of Glory (1957) in Movies (curated)

 
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
1957 | Classics, Drama, War

"Sitting on nearly everyone’s perennial list of the greatest antiwar films, Stanley Kubrick’s classic, set amid the ranks of a decadent French army command during World War I, offers breathtaking filmmaking on every level: acting, directing, writing, technical. A piercing Kirk Douglas shows up with his reliable blend of machismo and conscience. Veteran actors like Adolphe Menjou and George Macready are magnificent. However, Wayne Morris, Timothy Carey, and Kubrick regular Joseph Turkel bring a grit and suffering to offset the spit and polish of the debauched French commanders. Calder Willingham and the great novelist/screenwriter Jim Thompson wrote the script. The film features incredible photography by George Krause. Along with The Killing, Paths of Glory marks the critical onset of Kubrick’s now legendary career."

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
2007 | Comedy
9
8.4 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Pretty much every line in Walk Hard is a lampoon of some sort, and quite wonderfully, it all lands! The script is equal parts immature, absurd, and witty, every cast member is just all in, and then there's the songs.
The music in this movie is fantastic - they are well written, and are incredibly funny in their parodies. I will quite happily stick the soundtrack on from time to time.
Biopics, especially music based ones, can be a risky game. They can be amazing cinema, but they always teeter on the edge of unintentional hilarity, and Walk Hard just fucking tears the walls down and savages what these type movies try to be and what they end up being. Its glorious.