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Watched Good Time again this past weekend and I'm still floored by it. It's such a great pulpy movie, the photography feels so vibrant it's like an acid trip of a film. Don't even get me started on the soundtrack by Oneohtrix Point Never!

Sadly I caught it on Netflix and even though I've got a good connection, the weaknesses of streaming are pretty apparent in the blacks and shifting of brightness in some spots, definitely looking into grabbing the blu-ray of it soon.

Last movie I caught in theaters was Hereditary for the 2nd time. Great movie but seeing it and enjoying it in theaters is entirely dependent on what kind of audience is there. First time there was only like 6 other quiet people in the theater and it was an intense experience. 2nd was on cheap night with a packed room filled with people constantly clicking and making noise. I brought my friend to see it after I had really built it up and in the end it was like the full length version of showing a funny video to a friend who doesn't find it funny.
 
Just watched Ready Player One in 3D. It’s incredible. One of my favourite films by far! The 3D is easily one of the best since Avatar and Gravity. Love Silvestri’s score as well!

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I watch 1 film per day, but one I recently found quite interesting was Mr. Nobody, a bit tricky to follow but I recommended.
 
Bridge of Spies - classic Speilberg/Tom Hanks. Tells the true story of our "swapping" spies with the USSR at the height of the Cold War in the 60s (Gary Powers for a Russian spy named Abel). The guy who played Abel won the Oscar for supporting role, but he was IMO just OK; this movie was almost all Hanks, he carried it. Very well done.

The Illusionist - Edward Norton plays a 19th century ish illusionist who gets caught up in a love triangle of sorts with the lover of his youth and a prince who's now engaged to her...and determined to destroy Norton via his right-hand man police inspector, who begins to question what is right or wrong about it all. I'm a Norton fan and really liked the premise (I'm guessing the story it's based on is a good read) but this is an uneven affair and esp sloppy/lazy at the end. Me liking Norton and the premise was enough for it not to be a waste of time, but I wouldn't call it "good," and in some ways very disappointing. If more thought and careful planning had gone into the screenplay (the directing was highly uneven too), it could have been great.
 
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8075192/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk

Exceptional film.
 
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