Matthew

Matthew

Favorite films

  • How Green Was My Valley
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

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  • Young Mr. Lincoln

    ★★★★

  • A Question of Faith

    ★★★

  • The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★½

  • Matchstick Men

    ★★★

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  • Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    ★★★★½

    "For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice." - James 3:16

  • The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    ★★★

    I prefer the book. The movie misses out on a lot of parts in the book and so the movie sometimes feels like it's lacking focus. Even though the movie captures the same slice-of-life energy as the book, there is less going on in the movie than the book. It is still an enjoyable movie though.

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  • The Naked Spur

    The Naked Spur

    ★★★★

    Anthony Mann blocks his actors like a Academic Artist of the 17th Century. His blocking and staging of the actors fight so well within the natural beauty of Wild America. I love the use of depth and height during the shootouts near the end of the film.

    I hope to revisit this film in the future and give it a much better review.

  • The Second

    The Second

    ★★½

    For all the build-up and expectation I had, I am slightly disappointed. This short film has a a lot of potential but that is the problem, we are left wanting more. We are not sure what should happen next. The worldbuilding or the hints of the worldbuilding overshadow the father-son relationship which should be the main focus. We are more focused on the questions. What happened to the son before this? Why is an apology so bad in this instance?…