Appetite for Deconstruction

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'The Creator' Is Not Creative
They shoulda called it 'The Imitator.'
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Matthew Goldenberg
September 2023
'Saw X' is Saw-xy
There is a scene in this movie where someone uses someone else’s intestines as a rope, and if that’s not cinema, I don’t know what is.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Seen: 'Jigsaw' and 'Spiral'
Our retrospective of horror's longest running cinematic soap opera concludes.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Seen: The Hackl/Greutert Years
Horror's longest-running cinematic soap opera continues with 'Saw V,' 'Saw VI,' and 'Saw: The Final Chapter.'
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Matthew Goldenberg
Seen: The Bousman Trilogy
Horror's longest-running cinematic soap opera continues with 'Saws' II, III, and IV.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Seen: 'Saw'
Our retrospective of horror's longest-running cinematic soap opera begins here.
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Matthew Goldenberg
'Dumb Money': Dumb Movie
This Wall Street movie funded by a Wall Street kid perpetuates the myth that the little guy can win big in the stock market.
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Matthew Goldenberg
'Striking Distance' and the Subtle Art of Setup and Payoff
The Bruce Willis/Sarah Jessica Parker thriller was initially released thirty years ago this week.
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Matthew Goldenberg
'Lost in Translation' at 20: Funny, Philosophical, and Problematic
Structurally, it's a Nora Ephron film. Tonally and aesthetically, not so much.
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Matthew Goldenberg
'Rounders' 25th Anniversary Rewatch
The Matt Damon/Edward Norton poker drama is probably good if you’ve either never seen a movie before or are currently on heavy pain medications.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Nunsense
What's this lady's problem, anyway?
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Matthew Goldenberg
'Cobweb' Is the Scariest Movie of 2023
How is it possible that the critics hated this so much?
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Matthew Goldenberg
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