Berto868

Berto868

Favorite films

  • The Social Network
  • The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  • Up in the Air
  • Manchester by the Sea

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  • The Clovehitch Killer

    ★★½

  • Spanglish

    ★★★½

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    ★★★★½

  • Ma

    ★★★

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  • The Clovehitch Killer

    The Clovehitch Killer

    ★★½

    starts off strong but then completely whiffs the landing. an identity crisis of a movie. there’s like three genres all fighting for supremacy. at least it’s entertaining, it’s by no means good.

  • Spanglish

    Spanglish

    ★★★½

    didn’t age the best, but there’s a very specific charm to this that really can’t be duplicated. as a son to an immigrant woman who’s first hand witnessed a ton of the interactions in it, it’s a little more relatable, but i can understand that not everyone will feel that way. it does add a lot more to the movie for me, personally though. i think this was the first “non funny” adam sandler role that i had ever seen…

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★½

    i really enjoyed myself in this one. a steamy and constantly simmering spy romance/thriller. fassbender and blanchett are absolute forces of nature, the dialogue is razor sharp, the camera work is surgical, and the textbook perfect soundtrack adds an entire layer of emphasis to every frame. seriously, it’s already a great movie, but this is the x factor here. it sounds great and really keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. i can’t speak about the…

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★★★

    i love movies where you can tell that everyone who was involved in being a part of it was having fun. and this is a textbook example of that. it’s completely over the top and comedically ridiculous but it works to its favor almost entirely. it might fall flat in the third quarter for a sec but i think it’s largely due to the strength of every other part of the experience. when you start something as strong as this…