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Stacker Countdown Challenge #16: Parasite (2019)
A poor South Korean family infiltrates a rich family’s house, but there are problems there.
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2019 Oscar Talk
The Oscar nominations came out yesterday. And, quite frankly, I don’t much care who wins. The Academy Awards are, like many entertainment awards, little more than the industry patting itself on the back. It’s generally good for winning a trivia contest and that’s about it. But I do write a Read more…
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Tom’s Top 10 of 2019 (and 10 Stinkers)
I’m not generally one for ranking movies, but I see enough and this is a movie review blog, so I guess I’ll rank them. My method is generally around the time the year comes to close, I look over the titles of my old reviews and see which ones stuck Read more…
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Parasite (2019)
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho doesn’t make what I would call crowdpleasing movies. His films tend to be thinly veiled political allegories taking aim at things like American imperialism and its relationship with South Korea (The Host) or class struggles in general (Snowpiercer). Bong Joon-ho’s work tends to point some Read more…