Sanity Slowly Comes to America
First Vemont, now Massachusettes.
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331) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Peter Weir, A
Awesome. If I’d known there were giant turtles in it, I’d’ve found a way to see it sooner. It doesn’t quite have the epic scope of “Laurence of Arabia” but it has just as few speaking roles...
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What is The Meatrix?
Read More330) Elf (2003), Jon Favreau, B+
Will Ferrell is a goddamned riot. The script is as sharp as a diamond stylus. Some scenes are flat — the brother and g.f. relationships especiallybut anyone not singing at the end to keep Santas sled aloft is crippled...
Read More329) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Steven Spielberg, A
This is a movie about obsession. And it freaked the hell out of me as a kid. I was even terrified of the font. This is a surprisingly elliptical story for a blockbuster. Theres a lot thats left unexplained and, um, the main...
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
