Boyce Rucker

Boyce Rucker

Just another pezzonovante who still believes in cinema 🤷🏾‍♂️ 🎦

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Casino Royale
  • Lost in Translation
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

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  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    ★★★★½

  • Manhunter

    ★★★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★½

  • Blink Twice

    ★★★½

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  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    ★★★★½

    The scene of a military official complaining about a stale croissant hits just as hard as a soldier being blown apart by mortar. If there’s any war film that highlights the unfairness and injustices of World War I, it’s this one

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

    ★★★★★

    I see the Red Dragon story as the Romeo and Juliet of psychological thriller/horror fiction. Having read the book, there’s not really a perfect adaptation of the novel. Each version is so unique though. 

    Manhunter plays down more of the eerier parts, as well as Lecter’s part in the story and his theatricality. I’m not too mad that Mann portrays it as a straight crime thriller like Miami Vice, as he makes up for it with a neon-soaked aesthetic, synth…

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★★

    Nolan makes human ambition and moral complexity feel as disturbing as the potential for nuclear armageddon 

    A three hour biopic can be the ultimate ad for a snooze fest. But in maintaining his element of grand scale, Nolan crafts a claustrophobic bio-thriller where the character dialogue, each shot, and each part of the musical score, hits like a missile barrage while making the actual big bomb feel like the beginning of the end for human decency.

    Cillian Murphy owns it…

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★★

    The Best “F*** The Patriarchy” Movie of The Year 

    Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach created the perfect Trojan horse. Just when you assume it might be baseless fun for the kids, it hammers down the importance of feminism, individuality, and self-acceptance for everyone. Not to mention, there’s a killer soundtrack.