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REVIEW: "Asteroid City"

Genre: Comedy; Drama; Sci-fi. Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Jake Ryan, Steve Carell, Hong Chau, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Tony Revolori, Jeff Goldblum & Margot Robbie I named Asteroid City one of my most antecipated films for 2023 and when I went to watch it, I must confess I was afraid I was too hyped. In the end, it was not the movie I was expecting - it was different, but in a good way. It took me a couple of days to think about the movie and understand the deep meaning of many of its elements. For those who expect a funny, light and stylish only film, they will find a movie that's also extremely melancholic, that deals with the heavy themes of grief, isolation, artistic frustration and the need for closure and to move on... all in p

The 50 Best Movies of the 21st Century So Far (Ranked)

Back in April, The Hollywood Reporter published a list of this very same name and while I consider there were some atrocious misses, I understand rating a movie, reviewing it and listing it is something quite subjective and that was a product of an "ensemble" of writers -  Jon Frosch , David Rooney , Sheri Linden , Lovia Gyarkye , Leslie Felperin and Jon Mintzer .  So I decided to list my "Top 50" of the 21st century so far back in the day on my Twitter account. The final result was a personal list that left me unsatisfied with my own choices because I considered there are a big couple of movies I adored that I didn't incluide in the list... so, it took me some time to "re-do" that my personal list. Today I feel confident about my picks. Here are my 50 Best Movies of the 21st Century So Far (Ranked) : A movie about being out of place. A movie about loneliness. A tale about two lost souls that found each other. Sofia Coppola hands the beautiful screen