Spencer Ricker

Spencer Ricker

1/3 of the Dime Comic Bros Network.

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Nice Guys
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Macbeth

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  • Get Away

    ★★½

  • Evil Dead

    ★★★★

  • V/H/S/Beyond

    ★★★½

  • Love Hurts

    ★½

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    ★★★★½

    I was initially apprehensive when this film was announced, especially since it was fast-tracked by the studio and an obvious attempt to retain film rights to the series. The majority of the marketing did not help this either, featuring an abundance of footage from PJ's trilogy and not doing a great job of showing off the animation present in the film. However, I am extremely pleased to be proven wrong. I only have one serious criticism, and it's mostly based…

  • Azrael

    Azrael

    ★★½

    As with most movies with a gimmick like this, minimal spoken dialogue, the gimmick wears a bit thin by the end of the runtime but thankfully this is a brief hop skip and a jump to the end. Samara Weaving is phenomenal as always in the role of a scream queen, even without the ability to scream. The world building is interesting in concept but most of it on screen translates pretty poorly and is not given enough time to…

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  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    ★★★★½

    Every single rewatch brings another detail to my attention, and every single time watching through in one go brings me on this amazing emotional journey.

  • Transformers One

    Transformers One

    ★★★½

    Considering how poor the marketing was for this flick, I was really taken back by how solid it actually is. The animation and camera work are impressive and fun, the voice acting is surprisingly good, and the music slaps.
    The plotting is pretty basic and the twists are bog-standard but that doesn't keep them from being effective.
    I finally understand Transformers. I get it.

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