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Screenings: Taxi (aka Jafar Panahi’s Taxi) (2015)

October 7th, 2017 · No Comments

watched Oct 07, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.4 [DVD, library] People in Panahi’s taxicab keep asking him to supply them with fresh ideas for stories. You’ll find them in places you wouldn’t expect, he tells a film student who is visiting his cab to buy some pirated art film DVDs, hoping to get ideas […]

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Screenings: The Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (2017)

October 7th, 2017 · No Comments

watched Oct 07, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.7 [blu-ray, Netflix] Such great fun, and a pleasure to see a superhero action film script place character development above explosions and gadgets (although the explosions and gadgets here are top-drawer!). https://boxd.it/kELir

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Screenings: The Hero (2017)

October 7th, 2017 · No Comments

watched Oct 07, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.1 [blu-ray, Netflix] This is essentially a portrait of a character’s emotional landscape, and, as such, is not heavily plot-driven. But the approach lends itself perfectly to several meditative stretches that provide lead Sam Elliott with the opportunity to transform his trademark slow burn into some memorable […]

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