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Tag: Power

Power is the subject underneath most political stories, and the interesting part is what it does to the person holding it. This tag collects reviews and essays on power, authority and the people who acquire both.

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Elizabeth (1998) Review

September 11, 2026

Elizabeth (1998) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Shekhar Kapur made a Tudor film that behaves like a political thriller, with Cate Blanchett moving from frightened prisoner to constructed icon across two hours. She lost Best Actress…

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Colin Firth as King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as speech therapist Lionel Logue sit facing each other in a consulting room.2010s

The King’s Speech (2010) Review

September 11, 2026

The King's Speech (2010) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A well-made two-hander about a man with a stammer and the unqualified Australian who treated him, which beat The Social Network for Best Picture and Best Director…

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Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in a scene from the 2018 film Vice, wearing a dark suit.2010s

Vice (2018) Review

September 11, 2026

Vice (2018) rates 6 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Christian Bale gained around forty-five pounds and disappeared into Dick Cheney, in a film whose formal tricks keep interrupting a genuinely serious subject. Bale lost Best Actor to Rami…

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Black Adam (2022) Review

September 11, 2026

Black Adam (2022) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Dwayne Johnson spent fifteen years getting this made, declared that the hierarchy of power in the DC universe was about to change, and the studio he was in…

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Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness in a dark costume, looking stern or scheming against a shadowy background.2020s

Agatha All Along (2024) Review

September 10, 2026

Agatha All Along (2024) rates 1 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A spin-off built from a supporting character on the assumption that being enjoyable in a small part means you can carry nine episodes. Kathryn Hahn is good…

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Now, Voyager (1942) Review

September 10, 2026

Now, Voyager (1942) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A woman boards a cruise as her mother's property and comes back a person. The most famous cigarette in cinema, and a last line that refuses the ending…

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The Marvels (2023)

September 9, 2026

The Marvels is the Captain Marvel sequel that team-ups Brie Larson with two female MCU successors. Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik.

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Vampires (1998)

June 6, 2026

John Carpenter turns vampire hunting into blue-collar work and James Woods carries the whole film. Not a calling, not a tragic destiny, not a brooding romance with the dark.

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