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As it should be, the extended torture sequence of Tahar Rahim s Mohamedou Ould Slahi in
The Mauritanian is grueling to watch. It unfolds late in the film, and itâs only made more brutal by the fact that everything preceding it in the non-linear story aligns you with Mohamedouâs perspective, innocence, and humanity. Itâs made a visceral and scary experience for the audience, with purposefully disorienting editing and images, and while much of it is based on what actually happened in real life, there is one unsettling detail that couldnât be used in the movie: the guards performing the torturing wore masks of
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Surreal endeavors like this should be referred to as “mood comedies” I can easily understand someone checking out early, but man was I apparently in the right mood for it. Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig co-wrote and co-star as Barb and Star, two permed and culotte-wearing best friends from Soft Rock, Nebraska who work together, finish each other’s thoughts and even moved in together after they were respectively widowed and divorced. After they lose their jobs, they decide to take their first-ever vacation together to a Florida resort town where, unfortunately, someone is planning to release genetically-modified mosquitoes to kill everyone. The wavelength it’s operating on feels similar to that of the