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UP
I've been in the process of upgrading my Pixar and Disney animation libraries to 4k media and UP was my most recent eBay find.
One of Pixar's best, and like Wall-E, the Carl and Elle romance is virtually silent, making it one of the most touching moments in cinematic history.
Oh and... it made SQUIRREL a colloquialism...
Relay tells the story of a guy who “helps” would-be whistleblowers squeeze massive corporations for cash in exchange for silence… and a very large payout.
Is it morally clean?
Absolutely not.
The lead character is swimming in ethical gray zones — and yeah, you can question his motivations all day. But let’s be honest: there’s something undeniably satisfying about watching a giant corporation squirm when someone finally flips the leverage on them.
What makes Relay especially interesting is the way this guy protects himself. He doesn’t just stay anonymous — he builds layers of protection that are meticulous, obsessive, almost elegant. There’s one particular element to how he operates that I won’t spoil… but it’s clever as hell.
The acting isn’t exactly award-worthy, but the story? It holds up. It moves. It keeps you engaged. And it sticks the landing with a nice little twist at the end.
Fun, tense, morally messy — just how we like it.
Four stars.
Dead Man’s Wire tells the absolutely insane true story of Anthony “Tony” Kiritsis — a man who got financially wrecked by a mortgage company and decided he wasn’t going to just quietly disappear.
So what does he do?
He walks into the office of a mortgage executive, straps a shotgun to the guy’s neck using a literal dead man’s wire — meaning if he lets go, if the cops shoot him, if the hostage moves… the gun goes off.
Yeah. That actually happened.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and anchored by a seriously unhinged-in-the-best-way performance from Bill Skarsgård, this isn’t some cartoon villain fantasy. It’s tense, uncomfortable, tragic, and darkly absurd at times. You don’t have to agree with everything the guy did — obviously — but the film forces you to sit with what happens when someone feels completely crushed by a system that grinds people down and calls it business.
We don’t get many films that even flirt with anti-capitalist rage without turning it into a joke or a moral lecture.
This one actually goes there.
Beautifully shot. Superb acting. Morally messy in the best way.
And stick around through the credits — there’s a nice little surprise waiting for you.
Five stars.
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Dirty Dancing 💃 🕺
The original of course...
Picked up a gently-used 4k UHD copy of the movie because it is a favorite of Evelia's.
Based on reviews, the 4k remaster supposedly fixes a lot of video issues with previous Blu Ray and DVD releases.
We will see...
Trying to convince my local art house theater try something similar. It looks like a real good time. A looooong evening, sure. But, would you rather spend that time watchin' the latest slop from marvel studios?
https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/ultimate-double-feature-weekend/
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Stranger Than Fiction
One of my unashamed comfort movies, it might actually be one of Will Ferrell's best performances. It was certainly his most underrated. Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrific as well, and the story premise is, well, unique.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_than_Fiction_(2006_film)
🎬 La plus belle pour aller danser (The Most Beautiful Girl in the World to Go Dancing) (2023)
Subtitles available:
🇫🇷 French
⬇️ Download subtitles:
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IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18240922/
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https://darkiworld2026.com/titles/205983/la-plus-belle-pour-aller-danser
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