ASKH

ASKH

I do not have so much of a specific taste in films as I will watch anything that sounds remotely appealing to me.

Favorite films

  • Challengers
  • Fancy Dance
  • The Blackcoat's Daughter
  • A Simple Plan

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  • To Live and Die in L.A.

  • Bug

  • Logan Lucky

  • The Big Easy

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  • Trap

    Trap

    I understand that Lady Raven has seen Friday the 13th Part 2.

    (In all seriousness, I am obsessed with that scene and have been wondering for the past twelve hours if M. Night Shyamalan has also seen that movie, and if he was intentionally referencing it or not.)

  • Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    ★★★½

    On top of some truly excellent and creative car chases (see the helicopter in pursuit of the car in the end; all kudos to the stunt drivers), this delightful movie has:

    1. Peter Fonda playing a complete and utter dick of a character in a way that just cracked me up so much. (I rather think that Mary [Susan George] and Deke [Adam Roarke] would have ditched him eventually, if their trip had been successful and Deke wasn't so damn…

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  • Shiva Baby

    Shiva Baby

    ★★★★½

    This film so perfectly recreates the feeling of being at a party or event where it just keeps getting worse and worse for you by the second, and yet you can't leave. You have to suffer through it, every single excruciating, agonizing, shame-inducing second. Emma Seligman's screenplay and direction, Maria Rusche's cinematography, Hanna A. Park's editing, and Rachel Sennott's magnificent performance put you right there, right there with the protagonist Danielle. Her stress builds as her worlds collide, and so…

  • Criminal Passion

    Criminal Passion

    ★★★½

    I found this to be a solid, entertaining erotic thriller; sure, it's a Basic Instinct (1992) rip-off, but there's worse Basic Instinct rip-offs (looking at you, Body of Evidence [1993]). What differs it from Basic Instinct most, however (to me), aside from the gender-flipping of the two leads (here a female cop gets involved with an homme fatal), is the tone. There's one review by another user, Travis Woods, which describes this as 1940s hardboiled noir in 1990s erotic thriller…

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