alexjungee

alexjungee

1900 - 2025 is my personal favorite era of movies

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  • Prisoners

    ★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★½

  • Candyman

    ★★★★

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    “Does evil come from within us or from beyond?” - Ellen Hutter 

    Robert Eggers’ 2024 fleet is a step into a more atmospheric, and darker dimension of cinema. While keeping the usual blueprint of his surrealistic period pieces - Nosferatu seems to go even deeper into a  hypnagogic dream state than his past efforts. 
    Opposing the classic horror story’s straight forward design, narrative and screen-play wise - 2024’s Nosferatu throws us into a wormhole of dissolution, terror, and fantasy. It’s…

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★½

    A great adaptation of the original musical.

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  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★½

    Possibly the one of the best book adaptations ever. Everything from the beautiful landscapes that Villeneuve is known for, to the existentialist score made this thing feel like the sci-fi epic we were waiting for. Though… it does leave the viewer wanting a part II, which any fan of the book knows that’s going to be quite a follow up.

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★

    Director Christopher Nolan is no stranger of diving into historical fiction, but Oppenheimer seems to be a new meta for him. This film brings in Nolan’s classic intense film-structure, with such a heart dropping apex in the film. One of the things I liked seeing from this director this time around, is his ode to classic, World War II era film and silent films; it plays into the films narrative and non-linear structure, and also adds a dream like world…

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