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Favorite films

  • Hackers
  • Midnight Cowboy
  • Dune
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • A History of Violence

    ★★★½

  • Midnight Cowboy

    ★★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★

  • The Fall

    ★★★

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  • A History of Violence

    A History of Violence

    ★★★½

    too tired to write a proper review so maybe ill come back and edit this one but rlly good, funny seeing cronenberg be normal. still crazy asf gore effects though which makes the violence hit home. all the stock sfx for the guns were fucked up though haha like WHY

  • Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy

    ★★★★★

    for some reason I was feeling hesitant to give this movie 5 stars but then I had a good think and realised no other film makes me cry this way.

    this movie is just beautiful. from the soundtrack in the opening scene, to the first panning shots you see of Joe carrying his suitcase, there is such a soft, sadly hopeful, personal touch. the panning shots and the radio being used to provide diagetic sound are awesome and makes it…

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  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★½

    Documentaries like this are why im such an asshole about netflix style docos. Any time I see dramatic re-enactments or over the top narration it's such a turn off for me and just feels lazy.

    However when you see something this well edited, researched, soundtracked, FOLEYED (never had more of an appreciation for the foley artist in a film), and oozing with style whilst still educating and making a point... Its just in a completely different lane.
    The incorporation of…

  • Presence

    Presence

    fuck this movie. the trailer looked so good and i was expecting a creepy paranormal activity style horror and instead i got NETFLIX SLOP.

    i dont know how people who have such a passable writing and directing history produce something this bad. cliche at every single possible turn and terrible acting, the most millenial dialogue ive ever heard. lucy liu straight up hits us with a "um... so that just happened" whoever approved this script needs execution.

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