adam smith

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writer — filmmaker — professionally wingin’ it

Favorite films

  • A River Runs Through It
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Monster House
  • Forrest Gump

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  • A Quiet Place: Day One

    ★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★½

  • GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

    ★★★★

  • Adult Contemporary

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  • A Quiet Place: Day One

    A Quiet Place: Day One

    ★★★

    Great performances but the story fell flat for me especially in comparison to the rest of the franchise. The first act is awesome but it doesn’t really get better from there.

    I sure love that cat though.

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★½

    One of my peers mentioned it and I fully agree— this is just Y tu mamá también (Dir. Alfonso Cuarón) on a tennis court.

    The editing is fun, the music even more fun, and the performances are great. I think that this will age quite well— and take a similar route to cult classics like Jennifer’s Body (2009) or The Craft (1996).

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  • Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal

    Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal

    ★★★★½

    This is an outstanding documentary about a figure that truly is larger than life. Not only is this a retelling of Bray Wyatt’s career but it’s a great story about taking chances, which is what he was best at.

    It hasn’t even been a year since the tragic passing of Windham Rotunda AKA Bray Wyatt but the impact of his short career is everlasting; even outside of the ring. Like many of the stars interviewed in this said, it still…

  • Adult Contemporary

    Adult Contemporary

    “Grease is gay. I’m more into straight stuff like wrestling and monster trucks.”

    Over forty-minutes worth of intrusive thoughts between two strangers that somehow works and comes together in the end.

    I’ve been following Director Thomas Roslen’s career since attending university and this one feels the most like them, to me. The humor hits and the dialogue feels natural. This reminds me of Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” (1990) with the dry humor of an Adam Carter Rehmer film.

    This is the epitome…