Calder Wood

Calder Wood

Favorite films

  • The Princess Bride
  • Interstellar
  • Spirited Away
  • La Haine

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  • Venom: The Last Dance

    ★★★½

  • Paddington in Peru

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • The Marvels

    ★★★½

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  • Venom: The Last Dance

    Venom: The Last Dance

    ★★★½

    Mindlessly entertaining. Can’t believe I was slightly emotionally moved by the ending flashback montage of the third Venom movie. What have I become. It started with Guardians Vol. 3 and now I swear to god, I’ll tear up for anything. 😭

  • Paddington in Peru

    Paddington in Peru

    ★★★½

    Paddington in an Indiana Jones style adventure movie sounds like a wonderful combination and I will watch this bear in anything, but this definitely lacked a lot of the charm and humor of the first two movies. There’s always been a bit of a surrealistic Wes Anderson-esque aesthetic to the sets of Paddington, but taking the bear out of London and into the Peruvian jungle, the sets felt artificial in a way they hadn’t before. I think the amount of…

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  • Castle in the Sky

    Castle in the Sky

    ★★★★

    The Free Solo prequel is wild. 🤯

  • Akira

    Akira

    ★★★★

    Mad Max meets Blade Runner meets 2001: A Space Odyssey*

    *not really but there’s a giant baby and weird space stuff at the end

    Visually, absolutely incredible! Most of this review is fairly critical, but I cannot overstate just how spectacular this film looked. 🤯 The dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic was so cool and the vibe felt sort of like a mashup of Mad Max and Blade Runner. The sound and music were also excellent aside from a few moments where…

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