beckspayne

beckspayne

Logging movies and questionable life choices with equal dedication

Favorite films

  • Hereditary
  • The Truman Show
  • Princess Mononoke
  • The Lighthouse

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  • Beau Is Afraid

    ★★★★

  • The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

    ★★★★

  • Hereditary

    ★★★★★

  • Lorenzo's Oil

    ★★½

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  • Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid

    ★★★★

    I have this recurring nightmare where I’m already late for math class, through no fault of my own. Halfway there, I realize I forgot my math book. But for some inexplicable reason, the fate of humanity hinges on me arriving on time with that book. This movie felt exactly like that, except it lasted three hours and my subconscious was apparently co-written by Franz Kafka.

    The cinematography is, as expected, god-tier, and the film is packed with so many weird…

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

    ★★★★★

    Ever loved a movie so much you wrote a 50+ page essay about it? Yeah, me neither… until now.

    After a rewatch, this climbed straight to the top of my all-time favorites. The gripes I had before completely vanished once I fully surrendered to the movie’s twisted logic. The cinematography is insane, every shot feels meticulously crafted. The plot is so tight you couldn’t slip a hair through it and the acting is U N R E A L. Toni…

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  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    ★★★★½

    Proof that twelve sweaty dudes arguing in a room can be more intense than most action movies.

  • The Taking of Deborah Logan

    The Taking of Deborah Logan

    ★★½

    Found footage usually makes me want to throw my TV out the window, but at least this one acknowledges its own limitations (like, you actually can't hear people who aren't mic'd up, who knew?).

    Jill Larson kills it, but I refuse to accept a reality where a shaky, half-assed documentary about an Alzheimer's patient gets you a PhD. Academia standards in horror movies are in the gutter...