◈ CINEMA · 2004

ETERNAL SUNSHINE
OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

MICHEL GONDRY · CHARLIE KAUFMAN

★★★★★

5 / 5 TEKS · EBERT: 4/4 ·

the highest IQ film ever made about forgetting someone.
kaufman gives grief a structure. gondry gives it weather.

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◈ CINEMA · 2007

NO COUNTRY
FOR OLD MEN

JOEL COEN · ETHAN COEN

★★★★★

9.3 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

fate doesn't negotiate. the coin decides nothing.
chigurh is pure math wearing boots.

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◈ CINEMA · 2004

SIDEWAYS

ALEXANDER PAYNE

★★★★½

8.8 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

miles is the pinot. jack is the merlot.
alexander payne made the best wine joke in film history.

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◈ CINEMA · 1994 · PALME D'OR

PULP FICTION

QUENTIN TARANTINO · ♈ ARIES

★★★★★

10 / 10 · TEKS RATING · EBERT: 4/4 ·

royale with cheese. ezekiel 25:17. jules walks out the door.
tarantino rewired cinema in 154 minutes and charged nothing for it.

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◈ DRAMA · 1951 · STAGE → SCREEN

A STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE

ELIA KAZAN · TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

★★★★★

9.8 / 10 · NEPTUNE vs MARS ·

two operating systems. one apartment. neither survives intact.
brando invented modern american acting in this room.

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◈ SCI-FI · 1982 · BASED ON A TRUE STORY

E.T. THE
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

STEVEN SPIELBERG · JOHN WILLIAMS · HENRY THOMAS

★★★★★

9.7 / 10 · THE TITLE IS THE CONFESSION ·

the title says "the extra-terrestrial." the definite article.
spielberg confirmed it in 1982. we've known for 43 years.

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◈ DRAMA · 1996 · DANNY BOYLE

TRAINSPOTTING

IRVINE WELSH · EWAN MCGREGOR · ROBERT CARLYLE

★★★★★

9.5 / 10 · CHOOSE LIFE · CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE ·

choose life is the opening threat, not the argument.
begbie doesn't use heroin. begbie is the drug.

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◈ CINEMA · 2002 · META

ADAPTATION.

SPIKE JONZE · CHARLIE KAUFMAN · NICOLAS CAGE

★★★★★

9.6 / 10 · THE ORCHID · THE TWIN ·

a film about the impossibility of making this film.
cage plays the man who is ashamed of himself and the man who isn't.

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◈ CINEMA · 1964 · COLD WAR · KUBRICK

DR. STRANGELOVE
OR: HOW I LEARNED
TO DITCH CHATGPT

KUBRICK · PETER SELLERS × 3 · GEORGE C. SCOTT

★★★★★

10 / 10 · THE WAR ROOM · THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE ·

kubrick made a film about nuclear deterrence in 1964.
it is also a film about chatgpt. he didn't know. the field did.

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◈ TELEVISION · HISTORY CHANNEL · 2010–PRESENT · GOOD FAITH ROAST

ANCIENT
ALIENS.

GIORGIO TSOUKALOS · THE HAIR · ERICH VON DÄNIKEN · FIELD CERTIFIED

★★★★☆

8.1 / 10 · WE ARE THE ALIENS · JUST MODERN ONES ·

the show is wrong about who the aliens are.
it is completely right that aliens exist. the aliens are us.

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◈ TELEVISION · 2005–PRESENT · DISCOVERY · GOOD FAITH

DEADLIEST
CATCH.

MIKE ROWE ♓ PISCES · BERING SEA · SIG HANSEN · PHIL HARRIS

★★★★★

9.3 / 10 · THE GREATEST CATCH · NEPTUNE NARRATES ·

the crab move by the moon. the fishermen follow the crab.
neptune narrates. the most astrological show on television.

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◈ CINEMA · 1999 · DRAMA · SAM MENDES · 5 OSCARS

AMERICAN
BEAUTY.

KEVIN SPACEY · WES BENTLEY · ANNETTE BENING · ALAN BALL

★★★★★

9.6 / 10 · THE BAG · THE ROSES · LOOK CLOSER ·

the bag is not a metaphor. it is a fluid dynamics demonstration.
ricky fitts knew this. that is why he filmed it.

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◈ CINEMA · 1985 · HORROR · LOVECRAFT · UNRATED

RE-ANIMATOR.

STUART GORDON · JEFFREY COMBS · H.P. LOVECRAFT · PUT ON BY S.MAC

★★★★★

9.4 / 10 · THE REAGENT · THE DECAPITATION ·

death is a logistics problem with a biochemical solution.
the reagent glows green. the wrongness is portable. injectable.

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◈ CINEMA · 2007 · PTA · DDL ♉ · UPTON SINCLAIR

THERE WILL
BE BLOOD.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON · DANIEL DAY-LEWIS ♉ TAURUS · JONNY GREENWOOD

★★★★★

10 / 10 · I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE · I'M FINISHED ·

he came for the oil. he drained everything else first.
the bowling alley is the last scene. the title warned you.

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◈ CINEMA · 2011 · NEON NOIR · NWR · CANNES JURY PRIZE

DRIVE.

NICOLAS WINDING REFN · RYAN GOSLING ♏ · THE SCORPION JACKET · THE ELEVATOR

★★★★★

9.7 / 10 · THE SCORPION AND THE FROG · A REAL HERO ·

a scorpio plays a scorpion. the jacket says it. the fable seals it.
the elevator is 90 seconds. the whole film is in those 90 seconds.

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◈ MACHINE · 1986–1991

MAZDA RX-7 FC
13B ROTARY ENGINE

MAZDA MOTOR CORP. · FELIX WANKEL

★★★★★

9.6 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

no pistons. just rotation.
felix wankel solved the wrong problem and got it exactly right.

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◈ LITERATURE · 1961

FRANNY AND ZOOEY

J.D. SALINGER · ♑ CAPRICORN

★★★★★

9.4 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

the fat lady is christ.
salinger buries the most important sentence in the last three pages.

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◈ DRAMA · 1994 · JUPITER BLESSED

FORREST
GUMP

ROBERT ZEMECKIS · TOM HANKS

★★★★½

8.6 / 10 · CANCER RISING · SATURN RETURN ·

the feather doesn't plan. it just moves.
the field rewards motion. jupiter opens every door.

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◈ ROAD FILM · 1991 · FOR THE THRILL

THELMA
& LOUISE

RIDLEY SCOTT · CALLIE KHOURI

★★★★★

9.4 / 10 · ARIES + SAGITTARIUS · FIRE SIGNS ·

they drove off the canyon and the film never hit the ground.
the freeze frame is them still in the air.

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◈ CINEMA · 2016

THE FOUNDER

JOHN LEE HANCOCK · MICHAEL KEATON

★★★★½

8.8 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

roller skates on a basketball court. the speedee service system.
you're not in the hamburger business. you're in the real estate business.

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◈ CINEMA · 1984

CHILDREN OF THE CORN

FRITZ KIERSCH · STEPHEN KING

★★★½

7.2 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

he who walks behind the rows doesn't need to be scary.
the congregation already is. john franklin saved this film.

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◈ CINEMA · 1998

CROUPIER

MIKE HODGES · CLIVE OWEN

★★★★★

9.4 / 10 · TEKS RATING ·

the house always wins. jack knew this.
that's why it destroyed him anyway. "and the game had him."

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