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Jeremy Beck

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Movie critic. TV addict. Editor-in-chief of MovieManifesto.com. Same handle on Letterboxd. For freelance: beck dot jeremy at gmail. he/him

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · Sep 5

New piece: I wrote about Netflix’s LONG STORY SHORT. It’s a funny and enjoyable series that also grapples with what it means to be Jewish, which makes it important given how the Trump administration is co-opting Jewishness in perverse ways.

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In “Long Story Short,” Jews Will Not Be Replaced - MovieManifesto

Netflix's new comedy is a powerful exploration of what it means to be Jewish. Someone should tell the Trump administration.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 18h

Evening bump: I wrote about TRON: ARES.

Not a good movie. Also the best TRON movie.

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Tron: Ares review: Jet with the Program - MovieManifesto

The third Tron movie is less stupid than the first two, and it looks terrific. But the story remains dumb, and the AI stuff is a muddle.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 21h

This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes”:

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

“While there’s nothing inherently wrong with a blockbuster that prioritizes brawn over brains, ARES pretends to offer provocative thoughts on the human condition in the age of AI’s ascendancy, only to hastily retreat from saying anything meaningful.”

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Tron: Ares review: Jet with the Program - MovieManifesto

The third Tron movie is less stupid than the first two, and it looks terrific. But the story remains dumb, and the AI stuff is a muddle.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t really complain given that I had an ugly 26% in here, but so mad at myself that I didn’t go with THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE because I somehow convinced myself it was “too obvious.”

My Cinematrix grid: Blade II, Pinocchio, The Twelve Chairs, Triple Frontier, W.E., The Bourne Legacy, High Life, Emma, Suspiria

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

New piece: I give half a pass to TRON: ARES; it looks and sounds great, and Jared Leto is more tolerable than you might expect. But the story is nonsense, and its ideas about A.I. are a muddle. Still, could be worse!

Review here: #Tron #TronAres moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/tron...

Tron: Ares review: Jet with the Program - MovieManifesto

The third Tron movie is less stupid than the first two, and it looks terrific. But the story remains dumb, and the AI stuff is a muddle.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

The casting of Allison Janney’s husband in #TheDiplomat is utterly shameless. Relatedly, I squealed in delight.

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

[confidently hitting “Publish” on my BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY review] This is it, this is the one that finally breaks me through

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

Pinning all of my hopes on “inexplicably has follower counts in the tens of thousands,” outlook not so good

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 1d

There is no plausible universe where Jude Law and Jason Bateman are brothers, but they are so funny together in this. Probably my favorite Bateman performance since THE GIFT, just pure scuzzball electricity.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 2d

“Stop moving! STOP FUCKING MOVING!”

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 2d

ROOFMAN (Cianfrance, B+): To match a thief

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A ★★★★ review of Roofman (2025)

Actors are sorcerers. The story in Roofman is nothing special; take away its "This really happened!" hook, and you're mostly left with a predictable plot and some quaint period touches. But Channing T...

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 2d

It remains surreal that the numbskull who runs the country continues to push vile and racist immigration policies because his shriveled brain can’t comprehend that the word “asylum” carries multiple meanings. Yet another entry in the “How is this real life” canon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 3d

Its plotting is silly and its themes are blurry, but those two monologues last night from Nicole Beharie and Billy Crudup are why I will never quit #TheMorningShow.

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 4d

CLOUD (Kurosawa, B+): Supply and withstand

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A ★★★½ review of Cloud (2024)

My Kurosawa experience is limited, but between this and Cure, he seems to specialize in ostensible genre films that upend convention and distort themselves into twisted shapes. I don't know that all o...

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 6d

This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes”:

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 7d

Evening bump: I wrote about THE SMASHING MACHINE.

Good movie? Not exactly. Good Dwayne Johnson performance, though!

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The Smashing Machine: Do You Smell What the Schlock is Cooking? - MovieManifesto

Dwayne Johnson's performance as a UFC legend seems geared for an Oscar nomination. But the movie around him never hits you where it counts.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 8d

“The Rock, flamboyant wrestler, is gone; Dwayne Johnson, legitimate actor, is here... The movie that surrounds him is less assured, though it is occasionally striking.”

Wrote about THE SMASHING MACHINE: #TheSmashingMachine moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/the-...

The Smashing Machine: Do You Smell What the Schlock is Cooking? - MovieManifesto

Dwayne Johnson's performance as a UFC legend seems geared for an Oscar nomination. But the movie around him never hits you where it counts.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 8d

New piece: I wrote about THE SMASHING MACHINE. Dwayne Johnson is quite good, and the movie has its strong moments, but it's also oddly sluggish, with a handful of irritating clichés.

Review here: #TheSmashingMachine moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/the-...

The Smashing Machine: Do You Smell What the Schlock is Cooking? - MovieManifesto

Dwayne Johnson's performance as a UFC legend seems geared for an Oscar nomination. But the movie around him never hits you where it counts.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 8d

I trust there will be a segment on EIGHT MEN OUT with the headline, “Tighe goes to the runner”

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 9d

#NW

Insisting based on Michael Sheen that this is secretly an UNDERWORLD movie

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 9d

Dammit this is funny. Like, he thinks Habeas Corpus is a guy walking around Portland, burning flags and looting stores. He also runs the country, so that’s not great.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 10d

Did you girlboss too close to the sun?

Kirsten Dunst winking in the sky in THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 10d

THE LOST BUS (Greengrass, B-): What’s the story, morning lorry

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A ★★★ review of The Lost Bus (2025)

What's the Story, Morning Lorry Paul Greengrass made his mark with his shaky-cam style—a vigorous method of filmmaking that tends to be less kinetic than merely obnoxious. He mostly dials it back here...

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 10d

To be a writer is to constantly struggle with your own choices, like wondering whether you should have instead headlined your ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER review with the pun “Revolutionary Mode”

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One Battle After Another: Inherent ICE - MovieManifesto

Paul Thomas Anderson's epic is a scorching political document that's also a robust action movie that's also a sharp comedy. A marvel.

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Jeremy Beck @moviemanifesto.bsky.social · 10d

“BREAKING: I’m launching undercover operations”