Carl Gucciardi

Carl Gucciardi

Favorite films

  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Pulp Fiction
  • All Things Must Pass

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  • The Parenting

    ★★★

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    ★★★★½

  • Miller's Girl

    ★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • The Parenting

    The Parenting

    ★★★

    More than funny enough to keep me engaged. Enjoyable.

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    ★★★★½

    The last 40 minutes are unassailable and downright great.  Hell, everything from once Sean Connery shows up (I was shocked it’s nearly an hour into the movie) is borderline classic.   First act table setting feels a little slow but I still very much dig the opening action sequence flashback even though for the first time it feels a little too fan-service-y, probably because we’re all tired of it by now but it must’ve been fresh in 1989.  Either way,…

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Oh boy, which totally unrelated to the actual movie itself anecdote do I start with? 

    There was a joke I heard in the early 2000s that if it was a new release album by one of the 3 B’s (Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan) Rolling Stone would give it 5 stars, quality (or the eyes of history) be damned.  And you know what, without fail, that was truly the case even at the close of the 2010’s and once…

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    I really dug the first hour or so, but then wasn’t too keen on the last 30 or 40 minutes when the movie lays out its cards.    

    This movie sort of follows the pattern of emotions and feelings I have about almost all horror movies though.   I always really like the beginning and middle when I’m wondering “what’s going on here? The possibilities are endless!” and then I sour on the movie the second the movie tells…