Keyword: afterlife
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Not every comedy movie needs to reinvent the wheel, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice manages to feel fresh anyway, thanks largely to Tim Burton’s confident direction. Even the marketing knew what it had: the tagline “The ghost with the most is back.” sets the mood before a single frame plays. The setup is straightforward enough on paper:…
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Coco
Few things separate a forgettable night of scrolling from a night you actually remember, and “Coco” (2017) lands firmly in the second camp for a specific kind of viewer. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. “The celebration of a lifetime.” That is the tagline,…
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Your Name.
Not every film needs to reinvent its genre to be worth your time, and “Your Name.”, an animation and drama and romance entry, proves the point. It does not take long to understand why people keep bringing it up. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “Separated by distance,…