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Holland Ray

Favorite films

  • Videodrome
  • The Long Goodbye
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Blood Simple

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  • Blue Ruin

    ★★★★

  • Heat

    ★★★★½

  • Gladiator II

    ★★★

  • Manhunter

    ★★★★

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  • Blue Ruin

    Blue Ruin

    ★★★★

    Saulnier presents a bleak, no-frills revenge tale

    unromantic, sloppy, depraved

    Macon Blair is something special, a great mug and a subdued performance. his character is ready to meet death but also terrified and that's where a lot of the narrative tension comes from

    i've been watching a lot of Samurai Jack so i'm primed for and digging this nearly dialogue-free, economical storytelling

  • Heat

    Heat

    ★★★★½

    the GPS (Guys-Per-Second) in this film is at such dangerously high levels that there is a constant and real fear that there will be a meltdown in the core and the Mann-Reactor will go super critical and blast us all with radiation

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    I can't believe they gave Bong so much money for such an absurdly arch, anime type story that doesn't appear to have much mass appeal

    the deranged satirical elements are fun, but the unique love story between Mickey and Nasha is such a breath of fresh air, real lover shit

    Robert Pattinson in the dinner scene so nutso buster keatonesque, that alone is worth the ticket price. he's one of our greats

  • The Thing

    The Thing

    ★★★★★

    Kurt Russell's yosemite sam hat, more flamethrowers than any film in history, Wilford Brimley sans mustache saying he'll be a good boy, a mindbender frozen hellscape

    I could cry trying to articulate my love for The Thing

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