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Lady Bird (2017) Movie Review

January 9, 2018 Steve Baqqi
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Did you know that there isn’t an audio clip of Hank Hill saying “Laaady Biiiiird” on Youtube? That’s an odd start to a review, I know, but its criminal that this beloved and iconic phrasing couldn’t be shared, even as a mediocre joke. I digress. Have you heard of Lady Bird? The film lit blogs and news outlets aflame with its perfect Rotten Tomatoes score through almost 170 reviews. I asked several friends if they had ever heard of the movie.  Some had, but mistakenly thought it was about Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (whom Hank Hill’s beloved bloodhound was named for). Others had not (the titular character is not, in fact, named in honor of Johnson). But I tell you what (see what I did there?), Lady Bird is a powerful, deeply emotional, and painfully realistic coming-of-age film about an adolescent’s journey through high school, a touching love letter to the city of Sacramento, California, and most prominently, the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters. The movie is nothing short of a stunning triumph.

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Tags Lady Bird, 2017, Movie Review, Hank Kill, King of The Hill, Claudia Alta Johnson, High School, College, Coming of Age, Great Movies, Catholic School, American Teenagers, Lower Middle Class, Greta Gerwig, Mothers and Daughters, Sacramento, California, New York City, Roger Ebert, Dead Presidents, Marion McPherson, Laurie Metcalf, Saoirse Ronan
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Nerve (2016) Movie Review

October 4, 2016 Steve Baqqi

Would you, Nerve queries, watch as people did stupid and dangerous things for money? Better yet, would you do stupid and dangerous things for money and notoriety? Obviously. Youtube, WorldStarHipHop, Tosh.0, and Ridiculousness are all testament to humanity’s willingness to endanger their own lives for fleeting moments of fame and fortune as well as the insatiable need of others to watch it happen. Nerve combines this dark facet of human nature with portable technology to create the titular game, Nerve, in which players record themselves doing stupid things for money, and watchers pay to watch and dare players to do said stupid things.  Nerve has a refreshingly original concept but the movie is kept from being great by several glaring flaws.

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Tags Nerve, 2016, Film Review, Movie Review, Watcher or Player, Teen Melodrama, PG-13, Dave Franco, Emma Roberts, High School, Game, Dares, Fight Club, Vee, Syndey, Emily Meade, Stupid Hacking, Staten Island, New York City
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