Leo Astudillo

Leo Astudillo

Some Chilean guy in the UK. I also make films.
Mostly personal stories masquerading as film reviews.

Favorite films

  • Alien
  • Jurassic Park
  • Pi
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

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  • The Draw

  • In Our Blood

    ★★★★

  • McVeigh

    ★★★★

  • The Penguin Lessons

    ★★★½

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  • The Draw

    The Draw

    Great soundtrack. Deus Ex vibes.

    I talk about that stupid game so much on these reviews.

  • In Our Blood

    In Our Blood

    ★★★★

    Clever use of common genre conventions. Even though it’s very predictable, I was entertained by its slow roll of info.

    Go in blind, you will figure out the plot rather quick, but still. Find out the right way.

    Ending was a little on the V/H/S side.

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  • The Penguin Lessons

    The Penguin Lessons

    ★★★½

    Felt a bit clunky at times, but my god is it funny when it needs to be, and does it hit like a fucking truck with emotion.

    Pretty much every country in Latin America had the same events unfold with military coups. People are divided on the issue until this day. Half the people are fighting to continue talking about these things, while the other half are genuinely sick and bored of “not being able to let go” of the past.

    I will never look at a bar of soap the same way again.

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    Let me preface this review with the following statement: I have not been jerked off by a film so well since Rogue One. It feels like a fan film, in the best way possible. As per usual, no spoilers.

    Not scary, not as violent or disgusting as other films in the franchise, but, oh is it tense! I think the alarm towards the end of the film was continuously blaring for around ten minutes. 

    The opening sequence and title credits…