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"Jesus Christ, AJ, you make me want to cry"

The scene between Tony and AJ outside the precinct is probably my favorite scene in the entire series. Tony's constant struggle between the life he leads and the life he's made for his family. It's a great scene for both characters, as AJ struggles with his break from childhood into the man his parents want him to be.

Additionally, I haven't been a fan of Vito the entire series and I honestly thought his BS with Paulie in the hospital was so annoying, but he has become such an interesting, complex character. Similar to Tony and AJ, Vito is struggling with an internal battle of leading his own life with his own desires and being the person he's EXPECTED to be.

Solid episode, even if there are some drags like Tony's infidelity, the Peter Bogdanovich guest appearance, and AJ's annoying friends.

Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is definitely not his best but it's still pretty fucking good. Calling it right now, this will win best picture at the Oscars.

It'd be bold to call this DiCaprio or Pitt's greatest performances when Wolf of Wall Street and Fight Club exist. However, I'll definitely say they are spectacular in every way and put their talent into full use. Pitt is endlessly charismatic and DiCap is such a joy to watch.

The production design... holy shit! That is the real MVP of the film. Every thing on screen is so era specific and thoroughly wrapped me in the Golden Age of LA. Tarantino's script is hilarious and beautifully done as always and there were so many of his identifiable flares scattered around, even if there were a bit too many foot shots. Speaking of shots, the cinematography is... oddly done. There are an unusual amount of dutch tilts and even weirder, many of the tilts are close ups on the actors faces and it just looks bad. That being said, the rest of the cinematography looks pretty good and there are some truly impressive camera moves throughout.

Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood is a really well made film that has some glaring problems. The movie doesn't actually go anywhere until the third act. Every thing before it, despite being fun, add nothing to the movie. There are random scenes with Sharon Tate at the movies that amount to absolute nothing and... you know what? My biggest issues are with the Sharon Tate character. Margot Robbie is great as always, but the character is just kinda there, awaiting the looming third act. Of course you some scenes with Tate but they all felt boring and in the end, added nothing to the movie.

Overall, I had a hell of a good time watching this, even if it's not everything I was hoping it'd be. I avoided all reviews and plot details about the movie and I was thoroughly surprised with the direction it went. The entire third act contains some of the greatest work of Tarantino's career and there were so many moments where the audience I was sitting with couldn't help but cheer and clap. We were all 100% in for the ride and we experienced something amazing due to Tarantino and his phenomenal cast and crew that made a glorious picture.

Alamo Drafthouse - San Francisco

Unfortunately sandwiched between two of the most highly praised episodes of the series, Watchers on the Wall is my favorite of the whole series. It's action packed and it's visually extraordinary, but what I love most about it is the acting and the great payoff that's been set up for the past couple of seasons. Each big death is pretty heartbreaking, no matter how important each character is. My least favorite part about the whole thing is Sam's subplot but even that is pretty great. It does a lot to evolve his character and it's good to see him get a break.

I'm not like most of these people who drop 10 stars on every episode because I just don't think Game of Thrones is perfect. I love the hell out of it and it is one of my favorite shows but there's always something in an episode I don't really like (usually a Daenerys storyline), but all of the Jon/Nights Watch episodes are always great and this episode is a golden part of the series. What it does for the characters and overall storyline is done near perfectly and it's highly commendable from me.

Once again, Love Death + Robots features some truly impressive animation. Until the cat showed up, most of it looked kinda real. After the cat gag, it seems to drag on a bit but from start to finish it's really funny. Always great to see Josh Brener acting in something, I'm a huge fan of Silicon Valley

None of the characters are compelling and the overall story is pretty weak, but the animation is unbelievably gorgeous! Plus that "beastie" fight was incredibly done.

I'll be honest here, the first episode was pretty good but nothing mind blowing. What kept me watching was the character of Steven. Michiel Huisman does a fantastic job and his character really fascinated me.

This episode focused on Shirley, who is nowhere near as interesting as Steven. Elizabeth Reaser's delivery is dull and lifeless. I found her character annoying for the most part. I just waited for the episode to finally end.

The acting from the children is pretty bad and unbearable at times. I'm mainly interested in the flashbacks because of Henry Thomas and Carla Gugino, not for the kids. I'm hesitant to watch the future episodes because of this.

However, I'll stick it out because several of my friends say it's great, but so far I'm not too anticipated to finish it. The acting from all of the adults (except for Reaser) is really strong and the cinematography is gorgeous. That's what'll keep me binging but this episode didn't exactly help.

6.8/10

The other day someone asked me, "Nate Dog, what's your favorite documentary of all time?" I didn't even need to think about it. "My Life Inside Playboy" I immediately answered. "I've never heard of that before" "You will. You all will." I uttered.

Chris Day has surpassed Kubrick and Spielberg in my eyes: he is THE most visionary director I've ever seen. I felt like I was in the room with him during the entire film. I actually forgot I was watching until the screen went black and I realized I wasn't in Chris's living room, but really in this hell pit we call Earth.

Moral of the story is: if you want to see one of, if not the greatest films made in the 21st century, this is your stop.

69/10

One of the most moving yet hilarious films I've seen this year. Spike Lee knocks it out of the park with his best work since Malcolm X.

John David Washington is so great in his role. He's got a real commanding presence and I can't wait to see him in future projects. Other actors worthy of a shoutout are Adam Driver (who gives the best performance I've seen from him since Silence, although he really is great in everything I see him in), Topher Grace is haunting yet captivating as David Duke, and lastly a tiny shoutout to Ryan Eggold who is hilarious and slightly likeable (despite being a Klansman).

Besides the acting, I also thought the script was great. It was hilarious and intense, just like Get Out. The cinematography is great as well. Lastly, I know a couple people didn't like the ending. Unashamedly, I thought it was great, obviously not in a good way. It took you out of the movie, but that's what it was supposed to do. It was a presentation of sorts, like "We showed you this, now look at this and think about how we feel." It was something that stood out and I support it.

I have some issues however, none that made me dislike it in any way. I don't think some choices necessarily fit as much as they thought it did. I know it was Spike Lee's vision, but I just don't think it fit. For example, when Ron and Patrice are walking/talking about blaxploitation films, the posters of such films pop up on the screen. It took me out immediately. It just felt like Lee was saying in all caps "THIS IS YOUR HOMEWORK!" I just don't think the posters popping up was needed. Another example is during Kwame Ture's speech, where the camera shows distinct faces flying across the screen. I know Lee probably had a meaning to it, I just didn't really think it fit. Aside from that, I wasn't really a fan of the editing. It was kinda strange. It would cut to different shots every word a character spoke some times which just looked odd. It was distracting, but it didn't make me hate the movie or anything. Lastly, I think it went a bit too far on some things that took unnecessary time out of the movie. The primary example is a 4-minute scene where Lee is calling out Trump. I'm all for it, but I felt it should have focused on the story at hand rather than waste time on something he touches on at the end.

Despite that, I still think BlacKkKlansman is one of the best films of the year and I think it's message is strong. I liked that it showed both sides of the cop/racism incident. I don't think it's better than Get Out, but the importance is just as big. I had chills at the end like everyone else in the theatre and I truly believe BlacKkKlansman will hold up in the time to come.

8.7/10

Even if this wasn't a comedy, it's still super well made. It's beautifully shot and has a great story. And also, like the other Documentary Now episodes, friggin hilarious. By far one of the best, if not the best, Documentary Now episode so far.

So, the past 3 episodes have been mostly centered on Ross and Rachel's relationship. This one starts out with the gang at Rachel and Monica's place, which includes Ross and Rachel talking to each other freely with out any unhappy emotion. The next scene takes place at the coffee shop and as soon as Ross walks in Rachel turns sour and refuses to talk to him. But weren't they just talking to each other the scene before and she wasn't mad at all but now at the first sight she hates him. I can't help but wonder if there was a writing error or maybe an editing problem. Then the whole episode centers on Ross and Rachel and turns the title of the episode into a subplot. Pheobe isn't my favorite character in the show (probably my least favorite), but I was really interested in her story. But her story felt... sidelined, by the Ross and Rachel flip-flop story line. These past 2 episodes have felt the same because of the same annoying plot line. So, I give this episode a C+, based on the fact that I liked Pheobe's story-line, but the uninteresting, cliché main plot is getting old (trust me, I know the whole series is full of it). Thanks for reading!