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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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The legendary director, Stanley Kubrick's, last movie Eyes Wide Shut is certainly not an easy film to watch. For one, it's incredibly abstract and plays akin to a dream. It is also very controversial with both men and women disliking the consensus of their portrayals. Despite this, I do think it is worth watching as it is layered with so many hidden meanings with some indicating a secret society, not unlike The Illuminati. The plot runs as follows: After Dr. Bill Hartford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head. Kubrick's attention to detail is insane. Bill's newspaper reading "lucky to be alive" after escaping the orgy alive, Alice teaches her daughter how to count using money and men, Ms. Nathanson’s boyfriend loo...

Batman Ninja (2018)

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A shit movie, like really bad in my opinion. For starters, a shit title. The writer couldn't have thought of anything even slightly better? I imagine that what happened was the director was like, "Fuck it. We callin' this mutha fucka Batman Ninja". The plot runs as follows: Batman, along with his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.  The writing is truly awful. I mean dog shit. Perhaps this is because it's Japanese origin translated poorly but even still it comes off akin to fan fiction. Joker comes off as incredibly cringy, Batman sounds ridiculous and their banter just doesn't work. The dialogue just doesn't sound natural. For example, there is a constant rhyming in a lot of the dialogue which sounds horrible and unnatural forcing the viewer out of the moment. Dialogue also serves as pure exposition and each character talks like their from a 90s first-person shooter video game. There's one sc...

Inception (2010)

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To start the new decade I thought I'd review one of my favorite movies of all time, Inception. With Nolan's new movie, Tenet , releasing next year I thought it would be fitting to write a review for Inception  considering Nolan's trend of releasing movies at the turn of each decade. Memento in 2000, Inception in 2010, and Tenet in 2020.   For some reason, this movie has left me with a profound impact every single time I've seen it, which is about a dozen times by now. Whether its the first time watching it or the dozenth time, the after-effect is ever-present. From its beautiful cinematography and soundtrack to its brilliant plot. Now the hardest part for me writing this review is not giving too much away. This is truly a movie that I do not want to spoil whatsoever and need the viewer to go in with no idea what they are about to witness. Watch this movie before reading this review. The plot runs as follows: Cobb (Di Caprio) steals information from his targets by en...