danwstock

danwstock

A horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.

Favorite films

  • Calvary
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • The Graduate
  • Barry Lyndon

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Apprentice

    ★★★★

  • Interstellar

    ★★★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    3 stars might be a touch generous. But it’s genuinely wild how Bong Joon Ho can change my life with a movie like parasite and then put something out that could have easily slipped through the cracks on Netflix. The English language stuff is just not up to snuff. But if I’m ranking them: it’s Snowpiercer, then this, then Okja.

  • The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    ★★★★

    I was completely transfixed by Strong’s Roy Cohn and could have watched him interact with Stan’s Donald Trump for another two hours. My expectations were low and I was pretty impressed by this!

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  • Drive-Away Dolls

    Drive-Away Dolls

    ★★

    People rating this more than three stars… Ethan Coen is not gonna fuck you. 😬 

    Fun and perfectly fine for killing time on a short domestic flight, that’s about it.

  • Barbarian

    Barbarian

    ★★★½

    Classic misdirection!


    Similar to when I reviewed Malignant I have an undeniable soft spot for originality and unpredictability. Let me tell you, watching this in a crowded theater elicited very amusing reactions from theater goers and myself! Rarely have I been kept guessing like I was with Barbarian. It’s a great time and the only reason I didn’t rate it 4 stars is because I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as Malignant. Either go scarier, go funnier, or go more action packed for that 4+ star rating. Great fun!

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