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Review: Babylon

Excreting elephants, bawdy brawls, clucking chickens, and that’s just the first scene (and that’s also my alliterative ability used up for the present moment). The Damien Chazelle joint has never been known for being ‘loud’. Sure, Andrew’s drumming is loud and clear in Whiplash, the musical numbers are frequently bold and brash (shoutout to my main man Squidward Tentacles, just in case you got that niche SpongeBob reference) in La La Land, and there’s some amazing booming sound design in First Man. I’m talking ‘loud’ as in big scale. Whiplash and First Man provided engaging, intimate character pieces of talented but tortured psyches, while La La Land provided similarly determined characters striving for the big leagues in 1920s Hollywood.

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Minimalist Moments: Futurama (The Luck of the Fryish, S3, E4)

Like its forbearer The Simpsons, the early seasons of Futurama contain consistently vintage episodes, some of which carry a particularly powerful emotional punch (looking at you ‘Jurassic Bark’. I could’ve discussed you in this post, but you’re just too darn sad, especially since Seymour’s design is based on a border terrier, my favourite dog breed). Luck of the Fryish definitely falls into this category. Fry seeks revenge against older brother Yancy after believing that he stole his precious four-leaf clover and lived the life he always wanted. 

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Minimalist Moments: Gladiator

So. If you’re here then you’ve watched Gladiator in its entirety. If you haven’t, then get out of this post, or I’ll unleash hell. And I’ll say those words in an Australian accent that should be English (sorry Russel Crowe, your overall performance is top-notch, but it went a bit off here. Don’t shout at me like you shouted at that interviewer during that awkward Robin Hood interview).

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