Sunday 11 April 2021

this week on 100 Films

6 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


King Kong (1933)
Beauty and the Beast is reimagined as a monster movie in this iconic classic. Obviously some of it has aged (not just the effects, but some broadly racist attitudes around Pacific islanders and the ship’s Chinese cook), although its pre-Code roots allow it some unexpected liberties (from gruesome deaths to an unmistakable sexuality around Fay Wray — all within PG levels, but still). Take all that in your stride, and King Kong absolutely holds up as an adrenaline-fuelled spectacle.
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Palm Springs (2020)
it’s definitely a funny, likeable, surprisingly romantic (but not twee) film. Indeed, even without the time loop USP, Palm Springs would be welcomed because it hits a really good tone on the romance angle. It doesn’t dive into full romcom cheesiness, but it’s also not that kind of “tacked on love story that the filmmakers clearly wish they didn’t have to bother with”
Read more here.


The 100-Week Roundup XXIX
Featuring...
- Click
- The Help
- Mortal Engines
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Read more here.


More next Sunday.

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