Brandon

Brandon

Favorite films

  • Lost in Translation
  • Amélie
  • Perfect Days

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  • The Colors Within

    ★★★★

  • Arcadian

    ★★★

  • Wicked Little Letters

    ★★★★

  • Annihilation

    ★★★½

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  • Hellboy

    Hellboy

    ★★½

    Schlock and awe. That’s the phrase that kept rolling through my head from the beginning of the third act. We’ve gotten everything they could think of. A clear plot? Forget it! However we are going to get some interesting set pieces, monsters, and plenty of gratuitous violence. Also, a clear shot of a dehumidifier. The B.P.R.D. takes their moisture seriously.

    I’m glad there has been a ten year gap between this Hellboy and Del Toro’s true Hellboy. If it had…

  • One Cut of the Dead

    One Cut of the Dead

    ★★★½

    I've spent a fair amount of time with zombie movies and horror in general . With the exception of Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead, and Brain Dead, most horror comedies don't work for me. It's always hard to carry weight while giving a traditionally hokey plot device (zombies) levity. The movement of the zombies tend to create levity themselves. I was pleasantly surprised here.

    They managed to make a horror movie more than a horror movie, more than a…

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