Chad Gamboa

Chad Gamboa

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Léon: The Professional
  • Blade Runner
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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  • Moana 2

    ★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★

  • The Apprentice

    ★★★½

  • Wicked

    ★★★½

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    [Spooktacular 2024: Film 7/31] While I appreciated what ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Alien:Covenant’ were trying to do, they’re definitely not my favorites of the franchise. For that reason, I was a little dubious of ‘Alien: Romulus’ going in because I had been burned before but I was pleasantly surprised by what is best described as a return to form for the franchise. It’s obvious from the set design alone that this was made by people who really love what’s come before, it…

  • Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★½

    [Spooktacular 2024: Film 6/31] After seeing this for the first time it’s extremely regrettable I didn’t get to see this in a movie theater with maximum picture and sound. However that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of what was an utterly fun Godzilla outing. One of the biggest complaints about movies like this is a lackluster story for the human characters but I was totally invested in our main characters arc. It’s a film that speaks not to just the…

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  • Behind the Curve

    Behind the Curve

    ★★★½

    We shouldn’t be upset at people who believe the Earth is flat. We should be upset at an education system that allowed people to believe the Earth is flat.

  • No One Will Save You

    No One Will Save You

    ★★★★

    [Spooktacular 2023: Film 10/31] After hearing about this one through social media, I bumped it up in the queue. It was apparently a very highly sought after and streamed film this year and for good reason. ‘No One Will Save You’ essentially takes that one really tense scene in ’Signs’ and amps it up a bit. There are a few things I could nitpick; I had to really suspend my disbelief regarding the lack of dialogue (had I been in…

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