Alistair Ryan

Alistair Ryan

Favorite films

  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Hounds of Love
  • Pulp Fiction

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  • Bad Boys: Ride or Die

    ★★★

  • Meg 2: The Trench

  • Bullet Train

    ★★★★½

  • Carry-On

    ★★★

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  • Bad Boys: Ride or Die

    Bad Boys: Ride or Die

    ★★★

    I had way too much context missing 

  • Meg 2: The Trench

    Meg 2: The Trench

    good reminder of why I hate kids

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  • Summer Palace

    Summer Palace

    ★½

    Starring a female lead whose personality is probably derived from an anthology of Lang Laev poems, Summer Palace is a romance cringefest that flops at almost every turn. Its generic plotline is supplemented with an even clumsier screenplay with lines that sound straight out of basic Tumblr, ("let's break up because I can't bear to leave you") and character development is so shallow you couldn't even drown yourself if you wanted to.

    Every conflict is resolved with a hug and…

  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

    ★★★★★

    Children of Men has one of the most incredible settings and sets I've seen lately, and it isn't afraid to show it off. The colors scream dystopia and they tint the movie with a sense of helplessness throughout; the camera tracks our protagonist in scenes of chaos, only to lose him multiple times to the fringes of society falling apart. It's in these moments that Alfonso Cuarón turns our nightmare into reality.

    Children of Men immerses us in an uncompromising,…