Blake Wilding

Blake Wilding

I'm a reformed hater aka I'm nice now aka I'm trying to figure out why I like what I like.

Favorite films

  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know
  • Her
  • Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

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  • Trap

    ★★½

  • Companion

    ★★★★

  • Heart Eyes

    ★★★½

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

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  • Trap

    Trap

    ★★½

    A pretty awful movie but the kind I would see 100 times before seeing a competent boring movie.

    Weird choices here are good. We follow the murderer. There are three or four fake endings.

    The best pop music I've heard from a movie with a pop star in a while. Unfort her acting is spotty otherwise.

    A fun time.

  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★

    Great flick. Shot like a horror but the script is hella funny. My theatre missed so many jokes - I appreciate the movie not overselling it. Some really fun and beautiful shots, and that's not including the pretty nature.

    Sophie Thatcher is incredible. Movie asks questions about what it means to be human, duh, so file it with Star Trek TNG and "Her". Implies (rightly) that all men love fuckbots.

    The movie is better if you don't hear anything about…

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★½

    Can't hate on a movie this visually ambitious.

    But I'll try!

    Unfortunately, I have recently seen Bram Stoker's Dracula and this movie just cannot compete. Costumes, pacing, camp factor, no Winona, etc. Well, maybe Aaron Taylor-Johnson might make me flick my bean more than Cary Elwes, but that is certainly a toughie.

    I guess I don't know how to feel about a movie that's good but pointless. What's new here? There's something in there about how the monster is a…

  • The Truth About Cats & Dogs

    The Truth About Cats & Dogs

    ★★★★

    Holy cow, this film is incredible. The first half is a perfect film! Sure, it's a romantic comedy, but I kinda vibe with this story about female friendship.

    The SCHISM happens after the Noelle kiss. I buy Noelle wanting the kiss. I don't buy the keeping up the facade stuff after it. Maybe the hectic pace is part of it - and if I buy the intense female friendship, I need to buy into the intense romance part.

    Bizarrely enough,…