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Ethan Gordon, Contributor at keithlovesmovies
“Does it read a little childish, the whole magical rainbow-ness of it all?”is what a business woman towards the end of Unicorn Store. Fully aware that this is the sort of thing that any critic could easily say about the film, director Brie Larson sets the scene in front of a 99% male boardroom, drawing easy parallels to the critics who panned the film after it’s 2017 release, which led to its eventual pickup by...
In 1982, Laura Branigan proudly sang about Gloria. She tells us that “(she’s) headed towards a breakdown,”and that “(she’s) got to slow down, before (she) starts to blow it.” The way she belts and vocally claws her way through the song makes it perfect. It’s an emotional, textured vocal performance for a song about a well-written character.
The sheer density of Never Look Away is confounding.
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