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How to Talk to Girls at Parties (June 8)

HTTTGAP is a prisoner of its own making. Probably should have been a shorter film or tried not to be … More

adaptation, born sexy yesterday, coco is not the best movie about the day of the dead, girl's tragedy, manic pixie dream girl, neon demon, parenthood, paul thomas anderson is not john cameron mitchell, sing street, straight to streaming, why hire nicole kidman if you aren't going to utilize her acting chops

Upgrade (May 31st)

There is a certain kind of elegant shitiness that some bad movies have. A sublime awkwardness of sound and movement … More

blumhouse, faking disability, not tom hardy, violence, women in fridges

Beast (May 28th)

We saw Beast at Menlo Park’s Guild Theater. It’s a beautiful single-screen movie house in a really charming part of … More

dream sequences, editing, erotics, false endings, Hell or High Water, Lady Macbeth, Ladybird, Logan Lucky, Love Simon, structural symmetry, thoroughbreds, unreliable narrator, winter sequence

Solo (May 24th)

It’s been a relative drought, but now we have the behemoths of the summer, Marvel’s Avenger, Deadpool 2, and Solo … More

casino royale, cowboy western, erotics, ethics, heist film, mississippi grind, molly's game, poker is boring to watch, star wars, The Last Jedi, violence

RBG (May 9)

Not much to say on this one. I don’t actually know how we got Josh and Taylor to see this … More

biopic, hero worship, rbg, review

Disobedience (May 6)

Saw this movie in its opening weekend. The Rachels (McAdams and Weisz) have come a long way since Red Eye … More

atomic blonde, Bryce Dallas Howard, denial, erotics, foxtrot, Isla Fisher, jessica chastain, menache, my cousin rachel, norman, oz the great and terrible, rachel mcadams, rachel weisz, red eye, red sparrow

Tully notes (early May)

Just some notes on themes in Tully: Sympathetic heroes and privilege of having a “night nanny”: The movie apologizes for … More

big reveal, erotics, language, parenthood, review, tully

What’s Important to Know about a movie for writing a good review

We’ll keep working on this list as time goes on, but here’s just a taste at some of the ways … More

First Principles and Intro

Hey, I’m a guy in San Jose with a Moviepass and a wife who loves going to movies as much … More

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