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David Chen

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I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com

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There's a strong case to be made that Violet Affleck is the best thing that Ben Affleck has ever helped produce. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/s...

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Congratulations Tasha!

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When this woman shows up in a sci-fi film or TV show, you know the protagonist is about to discover some uncomfortable truths about the nature of their reality

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But they’re still posting today? What am I missing

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Tom Cruise to Neal McDonough in MINORITY REPORT:

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Thinking about this quote a lot these days

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Watched RUN LOLA RUN recently & the movie is still awesome so I tried to stream/buy the soundtrack…except it’s unavailable everywhere. So I bought it used off eBay and put the CD into my AmazonBasics DVD Drive which I plugged into a dongle into my laptop and am ripping. Love living in the future.

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I agree Butt Camp

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Between the debate last night and the Supreme Court saying corruption is okay, homelessness isn’t, and oh yeah we decide the rules now, this is probably the darkest week in American politics since January 2021

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Kamala Harris watching tonight’s debate

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Love to login to Hulu the night THE BEAR season 3 premieres and see absolutely zero sign of this show that I’ve watched every episode of (sometimes repeatedly) previously. I had to search for it. Like a peasant.

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Love a god Jake Gyllenhaal unraveling

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This is awesome. Can’t wait.

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This is anti-Asian violence. (From the NYTimes piece on “party etiquette”)

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Oh man you have so much to look fwd to in the rest of that film

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Still one of my favorite movies of all time.

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Every juror in the Trump trial, talking to the one juror who got all his news from Truth Social:

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Yes!

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I’m in Las Vegas this week to play in the World Series of Poker. I step into my first Uber and close the door behind me. The driver screams at me “PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR GENTLY I EVEN MADE A SIGN.” Things are going great already. Vegas, baby. Vegas!

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My 5th and final update from Cannes is now live on Decoding Everything! I call out a few final highlights before recapping the Closing Ceremony and reacting to the Jury Prizes.

I’ve had such a blast writing these dispatches this year. Thanks to @davechen.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity!

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Tons of upsetting stuff. I would not take children to see this personally

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It’s a good thing we honored their memories by introducing indoor air quality standards, making high-quality masking more accepted and accessible, making healthcare less expensive, and/or continuing to vaccinate

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FURIOSA - A sprawling epic that takes a great path towards prequel success: creating new characters we’ve never met and making us give a shit about them. Set your expectations: this isn’t structured at all like FURY ROAD. more ambitious with a more lore & world building. Breathtaking action!

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This is definitely one of my favorites

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I don’t drag my ass out of the house to do anything very often but when I do it’s to see LCD Soundsystem live

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This movie rocks. More Coen Bros-esque than actual recent Coen Bros movies. If you can, try to go in fresh.

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This is the type of movie that actively wants to make you feel like shit and ultimately succeeds at doing so

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Very final shots of this season felt like a big "F you" to the audience, imho.

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Went to the beach to check out the northern lights tonight and wow

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For weeks, TV critics have been talking about a major thing happens in SUGAR (Apple TV+) episode 6. Patrick Klepek and I decided to react to it. Patrick watched just the one episode, I watched the entire series. Here's what we thought! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPQ...

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Me when people ask me for podcasting advice

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I believe it was a dream sequence

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BABY REINDEER (Netflix ) is a staggering piece of work. A terrifying depiction of what it’s like to be stalked but also an insightful and humane examination of the emotional state of the victim. Beyond that, it’s also just a raw and electrifying piece of filmmaking.

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KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is pretty great sci-fi action filmmaking. While there are a few big contrivances in the script, every set piece is pulse-pounding and spectacular. Plus, there are a handful of interesting ideas worth chewing on. Recommended!

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UNFROSTED (Netflix) is what you’d get if Kellogg’s got Seinfeld to star in a terrible Super Bowl commercial about the making of Pop Tarts, then made a 96-min movie based off of that ad.  I’ve never seen a cast more packed with hilarious individuals in service of a movie that generated zero laughs.

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It’s true, when you think about it, the biggest takeaway from Twitter is that things definitely haven’t gotten measurably and tangibly worse over there

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SHOGUN season (series?) finale: In keeping with the rest of the show, an episode that subverts a LOT of expectations but still manages to deliver several big emotional payoffs. Feeling so blessed to have watched this while it aired. What a massive accomplishment. A miracle of a show.

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