Adam

Adam Pro

Favorite films

  • American Movie
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Uncut Gems
  • Challengers

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  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Miller's Crossing

    ★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

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  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Chocked full of philosophy and warnings about human hierarchy, but wrapped up in an easy to swallow package due to the lighter tone set throughout. Act 2 here is stellar in particular, and unfortunately the last third loses some steam. The last third needed to either commit harder to creating inspiring and clever action, or to fleshing out the ideas and moral questions pondered earlier on.

    I’m suspecting that if I rewatched it, this would stick out even more, because…

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  • Italianamerican

    Italianamerican

    A good inspiration to tell more stories to people, even if I’m just bullshitting them

  • The Iron Claw

    The Iron Claw

    ★★★★½

    A basically perfect execution of a story that is too crazy and sad to believe. The narrative of seeing the success and bond of the brothers right before the series of tragedies that befall them makes it all hit so much harder. And then under that is the subtexts and ideas: Parents living their dreams vicariously through their kids, how men are “expected” to act by other men and themselves, what healthy masculinity really looks like, etc.

    It might have…