Tag: Emily Blunt
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Movie Review: “Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan, USA 2023)
Christopher Nolan takes on the well-trod ground of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life to draw an unmentioned parallel to the current-day discussion of artificial intelligence. In so doing, he creates a very competently made and ultimately frustratingly flawed film. The parallel to current artificial intelligence discussion is a parallel that makes a lot of sense. It’s…
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Movie Review: “Sicario” (Denis Villeneuve, USA 2015)
The film opens with an explanation of the word “Sicario” that ends with saying that in Mexico, it means “hitman.” That opening makes the film predictable and telegraphed. But I really don’t think that Villeneuve and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan care. They made it really obvious what they wanted to say, to the point that televisions…
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Movie Review: “Into the Woods” (Rob Marshall, USA 2014)
Fairy tales are bizarre. They are full of sexual innuendo, corrupted morals, oversimplified ethical dilemmas, bizarre behavior, intense violence, and general weirdness. I have often thought that much of the weirdness inherent in most fairy tales is fairly well exemplified by a fundamental problem I have long had with the story of Cinderella: how the…
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