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Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
9M ago
There is such a thing as being too woke. Like, in trying to represent the underrepresented, white people overshot the mark and left minority groups standing somewhere at the start line waiting for us to circle back. American Fiction wonders if society (~white people~) has been shouting about the same inequalities for so long that ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
10M ago
What a weird ride. It’s like Dr. Seuss stumbled into adult fiction. Or Willy Wonka if he had a passion for sex instead of chocolate. Poor Things takes steam punk and makes it pastel. The people are uptight Victorians but the décor is Paddington Bear. It’s the strangest thing to wander into someone’s imagination and ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
At the time of this review, the Hollywood writers’ strike is into its fourth month with no end in sight. Which means, my entertainment-starved friends, that it’s time to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Desperation, dependence, boredom, and a dwindling lack of content are what brought us here today and, coincidentally, the PSA at ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
It’s hard to believe, but The Banshees of Inisherin wasn’t released in the dead of winter. It is such a dead of winter kind of movie. Sure, it has “banshee” in the title which fits well with an October release date – although when you think about it, autumn is almost worse. The Banshees of ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
Just as every recipe is made better with maple syrup, every production improves exponentially with Andrew Scott. These are divine facts. I will fight anyone who says otherwise. Whether he’s playing a psychopathic murderer, a weather-beaten lieutenant, or a sexy priest, Scott plays each role like he’s born into them and Real Andrew was the ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
I think Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan) says it best: everything is ok. That may be so, Waymond, but what about everywhere? Everyone? Simultaneously? The movie with this year’s toughest title to remember, Everything Everywhere All at Once, is like walking in the ocean and meeting a sudden 20 ft. drop-off. All was normal just ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
Some will call this a love letter to cinema. Others will call it a suicide note. Babylon is… well now that’s a tough one to answer. Babylon is a lot of things. At times, it’s even a pretty good movie with excellent dialogue and performances. Babylon takes us back in time, throws us into lavish ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
This season’s cautionary tale is brought to you by the same mind as The Big Short. Remember The Big Short? The one about the 2008 financial crash that we should have seen coming? The one where a few vocal people were ignored by a mass of powerful idiots? The one that explained, to all us ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
For a movie that looks like Billy Elliot on the outside and sounds like Brooklyn on the inside, Belfast has a mean task to make itself stand out. Belfast is, at its core, a typical fall/winter drama about family: a bit of conflict, a little humour, some embarrassing coming-of-age moments, and a whopping slice of ..read more
Plenty of Popcorn » Dark Comedy
1y ago
One of the great miracles of movies is being able to escape. Taking a break from the virtual, the living room, The List and journeying off to wherever Netflix suggests you should visit next. This is no truer – but probably more needed – than during a worldwide lockdown. Imagine being able to escape to ..read more