Tag: Joaquin Phoenix
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Eddington: A Fever Dream in a Dusty Hat
Ari Aster’s Eddington begins as a mirage pulled from quarantine-era America, where every town feels frayed at the edges and grief floats just above the soil. Joaquin Phoenix, as Sheriff Joe Cross, is a cracked monument holding a badge that no longer commands reverence. His campaign for mayor is not a journey but a wound…
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Joker: Folie à Deux – A Chaotic Musical Ride with Phoenix and Gaga’s Twisted Duet”
MOVIE INFO: Joker: Folie à Deux” finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him. REVIEW: Alright, let’s dive into the madcap world of “Joker: Folie à Deux,”…
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Napoleon: Ridley Scott Meets His Waterloo
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Napoleon” is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism…
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“The Sisters Brothers”: Anti-Family on the High Plains
With the gang together the movie wanders into amiable chat and a ton of metaphoric inaction, focusing on rumination over ruination to the film’s detriment.
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“Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot” Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Sadly, Callahan’s cartoons vividly animated and sketched are receded as the art becomes background to the Oedipal drama of a son successfully overcoming his abandonment issues and alcoholism.
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“You Were Never Really Here” Is One of the Best
Lynne Ramsey who made the hallucinogenic school violence themed fantasmagoria We Need to Talk About Kevin returns to direct after a five year hiatus. Like Kevin, Here is an impressionistic tonal assault of over saturated images, amped up acoustic exaggeration and minimalistic acting.