Ben

Ben

Favorite films

  • Le Samouraï
  • Black Bag
  • Infernal Affairs
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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  • Dog Day Afternoon

    ★★★★½

  • Magic Mike XXL

    ★★★½

  • Keanu

    ★★★

  • Jurassic World Dominion

    ★★

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  • Dog Day Afternoon

    Dog Day Afternoon

    ★★★★½

    Unbelievably tense and much funnier than expected, Dog Day Afternoon is very good. Pacino gives comfortably one of the best performances of all time, and it's incredibly nuanced in it's themes and social commentary.

  • Magic Mike XXL

    Magic Mike XXL

    ★★★½

    While I was distinctly let down by Magic Mike, I somehow still came into XXL with high expectations; which (thankfully) were largely met. Much less drama, far more interestingly thematically, and WAY hotter and more fun, this is everything one could possibly hope for from a movie about male strippers with Steven Soderbergh's name attached.

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★½

    It’s rather difficult for me to give a 5 on first watch but Black Bag is damn close. I think Fassbender and Blanchett are two of the best currently working, and this only furthers my sentiment. Soderbergh asks if transparency in the digital world is truly integral to a relationship and answers resoundingly that trust, love, respect, admiration or whatever the hell makes a relationship in the first place will stand every test if true. Phenomenal script, phenomenal score and while the halation may bother some, I kinda loved it. Marisa Abela is a star.

  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    ★★★★★

    "Guess why I smile a lot?
    Why?
    Uh, cus it's worth it"

    I'm stunned at how brilliant of a movie this is. While the exceptionally clever dialogue and gorgeous cinematography is absolutely striking, the film's most unique feature is its gentle, blissful tenderness, to Marcel and the world he operates in, sometimes feeling totally alien from our own, and sometimes painfully relatable. I have also not seen enough people talk about how laugh out loud funny this is, largely due…

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