Cole Murphy

Cole Murphy Pro

This is all just like, my opinion, man

Editor-in-chief of the Technique, writer at The Dispatch. 

Favorite films

  • The Apartment
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★★

  • Heart Eyes

    ★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    The movie as a whole feels a bit like it’s been printed, killed, and printed again. But not terrible!

    Read the full review here.

  • Heart Eyes

    Heart Eyes

    ★★★

    Biggest jump scare? That this was actually really fun

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  • Knock at the Cabin

    Knock at the Cabin

    ★★★

    In traditional M. Night fashion it over-explains in the end, but overall it’s his best in quite a long time. I enjoyed it! Its main problem is most of the enjoyment comes from trying to unravel the mystery, and Shyamalan’s ending makes you feel silly for even thinking about it at all. Not exactly a Sixth Sense level reveal. 

    Jonathan Groff though. Every line he says is delivered like he was just told what to say five seconds before the cameras started rolling. Bautista was great, so it evened out.

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    ★★★½

    The Prometheus of young adult novel adaptations. By far the most interesting of all the Hunger Games movies, even if it doesn’t fully work. 

    The sizable chunk of the movie that deals with the actual games is drab and not particularly engaging, and Rachel Zegler’s character Lucy Gray is shockingly forgettable for how often she bursts into song at inappropriate times. 

    But the character study of Coriolanus Snow, which works because of Tom Blyth’s performance, is fascinating despite its flaws.…

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