Joe Wright has directed some of my favorite films including Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). His next project, Cyrano, was especially interesting to me because it was a period piece musical. That’s right, it’s a musical! I was pleasantly surprised at the execution. The plot is fairly straightforward. Cyrano (Peter Dinklage) is a…
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“If you ever threaten, touch, or spit on me again, I will grab your dick and balls and I will rip them clean off.” This quote is spoken by the protagonist of I Care a Lot and I feel it sums up the general angsty energy of the movie perfectly. Marla (Rosamund Pike) is a…
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X-Men: Days of Future Past is the 7th movie in the X-Men franchise. At this point in the franchise the only X-Men who has scored their own movie is Wolverine. Days of Future Past sees the reunion of the entire cast. This plot (like many of the X-Men narratives) is a little involved and a…
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