Alex Liebensfeld

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I make movies and watch a lot of other movies. Sometimes I get around to sounding off on them.

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  • Eephus

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • No Other Land

    ★★★★

  • Armand

    ★★★½

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  • Azrael

    Azrael

    ★★½

    It's the zombie apocalypse, there's (basically) no dialogue, and it ticks up the Samara Weaving kill counter... sign me up?

    I'm always intrigued when someone tries to pull off a movie with little to no dialogue. This will certainly get a lot of comparisons to A Quiet Place (and in a lot of respects, Azrael feels like a cheaper version of that), but with some vague religious themes tacked on.

    For much of the runtime though, Azrael sort of just…

  • My Old Ass

    My Old Ass

    ★★★

    My Old Ass is just as the trailers would have you expect; a fun, easy going, lighthearted coming of age film starring an always excellent Aubrey Plaza, as well as a great breakout performance from lead actress Maisy Stella.

    Especially hats off to Stella here, as she convincingly plays the bumbling, clueless 18-year-old often making a fool of herself, but having a grand old time doing it. It bounces well off the dry delivery that Plaza always brings.

    The main…

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  • Yes, God, Yes

    Yes, God, Yes

    ★★★½

    I have to admit, making fun of the ways in which the ultra-religious try to shove the most socially backwards parts of their religion down the throats of their children never really gets old.

    The first thing that's made abundantly clear in this movie is just how on-the-nose everything is. It makes things so clearly obvious how full of shit the doctrine and everyone espousing it is, to the point where most of the supporting cast (except the bar lady)…

  • Booksmart

    Booksmart

    ★★★★★

    Yes, this one lives up to all the hype. Oh, and if you're going to compare it to Ferris Bueller, as I'm sure many will, this one's better.

    Every single punchline sticks the landing, and the subplots are all handled pretty much flawlessly and well concluded. Every single set up, whether or not you can even tell its one when it first comes up, manages a good pay off. The protagonists fit into their roles like a glove and have…