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Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post HUSTLE in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:15 -0500

Adam Sandler chooses to not be entirely cloying. The film captures some of the pettiness of the front offices and ownerships pretty accurately. Maybe underplays the exploitative racial animosity so many o […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post TAR in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:13 -0500

Fields wanted to show us he could be more pretentious than anyone and he succeeded. And what does a pretentious filmmaker do? They make their own version of Citizen Kane. Except he made it without the fir […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post BANSHEES in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:12 -0500

I believe i have found the notes on the pitch. Midnight Cowboy set in a small Irish village? No, ok Abbott and Costello where Costello develops a pathological hatred for Abbott. OK here it is… the Odd Coup […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post WOMEN TALKING in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:10 -0500

A unique take on The Women… There are some clever speeches and touching movements… but this isn’t a film… its a stage play. Each beat is simply a setup for a clever speech from another character. And it has the r […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post BABYLON in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:07 -0500

Well the first 20 minutes rock. Margot Robbie doing cocaine and having that timeless cocaine fueled conversation about “film.” It must have been had as many times — well as many times as cocaine was done at a […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post GLASS ONION in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:05 -0500

Ugh. While Knives Out was clever and well plotted, this decided a few cheeky scenes could cover up the lack of attention to plotting and story. They don’t. It is the perfect warning for anyone who succeeds and […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post TRIANGLE OF SADNESS in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:04 -0500

This is fun but seems like lowbrow humor for effete intellectuals. God forbid the New Yorker crowd watch Dumb and Dumber or Beavis and Butthead. Give them gross out comedy in a pretentious package. (See also […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:02 -0500

Another ‘direct’ remake. Glossy beautiful ‘war is bad’ shots of carnage and destruction. But less engaging and less visually stunning than 1917. Maybe the academy was responding to the fact that it was in a […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post AVATAR in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:29:01 -0500

Again…another rehash… not much to say here. The further adventures of the blue folk. Gage your reaction to the first film, and your expectations will undoubtedly be met.

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post CALL JANE in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:58 -0500

Felt a lot like A walk on the Moon in spirit and its flawed, but also powerful and engaging. to the films credit they clearly cut it to try and make it a normal length film — which almost no one bothers to do […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post BENEDICTION in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:57 -0500

Almost turned this off after 15 minutes. Tired pretentious shots of the horrors of WW1 with the real life protagonists poems read over them. Not bad, but hard to find a foothold. And then he objects to the wa […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post THE WOMAN KING in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:56 -0500

Well this film got overlooked. A generally engaging warrior film. Remake Wonder Woman without the comic book whizz bang and drop it into Africa. The performances are consistently top notch. I don’t want to […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:55 -0500

I suppose every generation has their Walter Mitty, which is a previous generation’s Connecticut Yankee… It’s a super fun version of this movie, but felt not quite like a great film. Walter Mitty meets Kentu […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post AMSTERDAM in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:54 -0500

The 21st century post modern Parallax View? A little more love interests a bit more of a buddy picture, some absurd weirdness. Its fun, its exciting, it even has a bit of a relationship with history. The on […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post EO in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:53 -0500

A beautiful classic European style film. I’m not sure its for everyone, but if you appreciate a film that sets its own pace and style, you are in for a treat.

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post BARDO in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:51 -0500

Something about having a unique visual flair must inspire you to make a film about yourself — Fellini’s Otto e Mezzo, Tarkovsky’s Mirror. It’s a fascinating film but always feels a bit icky in that there is […]

Sam Sloves wrote a new blog post CRIMES OF THE FUTURE in the group Rant

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:28:49 -0500

Not sure how this got lost either. Cronenberg basically remakes Dead Ringers but different. Its strange, fascinating, and mind boggling — all within the confines of a well crafted story (something that s […]

Sam Sloves started the topic What we got for entertainment.... in the forum What do we have...

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 23:28:23 -0500

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Sam Sloves created the group Rant

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:29:23 -0500