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boithorn's review against another edition
4.0
Very solid collection of contemporary film criticism. Older and lesser-appreciated films get large treatments, while new releases get 1-3 paragraph writeups that are wickedly funny. Hamrah is certainly disenchanted with the film industry for its lack of imagination and how it carries water for some of the worst institutions in America, but he has an affinity for protecting underdogs that keeps his meanness from sliding into nihilism.
rachelcomplains's review against another edition
5.0
didn't expect to enjoy this as much as i did — funniest culture crit i've read in a while
mattrss's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve read at least half of the pieces in here and I still devoured it in two days. Mordantly, surgically funny, Hamrah can unearth the true and essential (or inessential, in many cases) in practically any film in under two sentences.
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