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“As a film critic, my watchword is dignity; always dignity. Always the historical angle, the enumeration of the Classics. Psychology is the feel-good science; nobody puts any stock in it, except for the people who really wanted to be podiatrists. And the role of emotion in illness! The mind-body conn” read more
I Awake To See That No One Is Free
“This one is kinda simple yet subtle, like a painting; I couldn’t give it a straight review myself, so I’ll just give you a juxtaposition with the lyrics of a song which I’ve always thought is about anxiety, although anxiety can be related to other things….
“I awake to find no p” read more
“It’s the patriotic Angelina Jolie!
“If you can take it you can make it…. A moment of pain, is worth a lifetime of glory!”
The guy’s a high school runner, and then a soldier, obviously, but as an intellectual I relate to that philosophy, because thinking about ornery” read more
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And There Was No Music At The End
“It’s an ‘adventure’ story, albeit a more serious and political one than some are—although almost any adventure story has a sort of muted politics to it, more so than if you stay at home.
It’s the sort of movie which is better than the Mr Collins/Catherine de Bourgh crowd will s” read more
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“This movie kinda reminded me of my father, or at least his image of himself. I guess that’s why I watched it. Here you have the Unambiguously Heroic Hero, who’s loving and tough, and the joker brothers, who are vicious and weak, you know. (I guess there’s also a girl! Gotta prove you’re stra” read more
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“There are obviously reasons not to like this movie: woman director (wrong gender); portrayal of gender in war (not romantic or boys’ club-y); both its ambiguity and its moral stance (normally we try to go for one or the other—or better yet, neither!); its portrayal of a lesser known region (you ” read more
“I think it’s fair to say that Jack was not a mystic but an investigator of the ordinary world, (and the magic of the ordinary world), but it’s also clear that his investigations were usually sound, and prepared him to live a decent life, even in that field of personal (romantic!) experience so d” read more
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