Calder Allen

Calder Allen

Favorite films

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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  • Big Trouble in Little China

    ★★★

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    ★★★½

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

  • Hell or High Seas

    ★★★

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  • Big Trouble in Little China

    Big Trouble in Little China

    ★★★

    Could not stop laughing. Found myself wondering, were these phrases cliche before this movie or because of this movie? "Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yessir, the check is in the mail."

    Pretty sure the color green was described at least a dozen times, and jade was the word used for 9 of them.

    Thunder, Rain, and Lightning are top tier goons

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    ★★★½

    The part when the music cuts after seeing the hippy girl for the first time -- Cliff's flashback to Bruce Lee and then "fair enough." -- the switch up and narration in the third act -- all of these parts worked so well for this film, and for maybe the first time I started thinking ok maybe I get the hype around QT.

    But then, too many feet (get the dogs off my screen QT you perv), and the length of the movie felt very self-indulgent. I did like the mythological blending of history and fictional characters, and the ending was hilariously satisfying, albeit gruesome.

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  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

    Bnw was a lot of fun. Had some silly parts, sure, but what do you expect from a movie based on comic books? Great action, Anthony Mackie's very likeable as cap.

    The rocket riding had me laughing so hard, I loved it

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★★

    First time since I saw it in theaters and man, hits different after knowing the lines, songs, and memes

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