Wally Mason

Wally Mason

Favorite films

  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Blade Runner
  • 8½
  • Harakiri

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  • Audition

    ★★★

  • Black Swan

    ★★

  • Hellraiser

    ★★★½

  • Party Girl

    ★★★½

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  • Audition

    Audition

    ★★★

    Takashi Miike’s classic fucked up and disgusting storyline.  Wasn’t all that interesting sadly.  Good direction though, just wasn’t fond of the story.

  • Black Swan

    Black Swan

    ★★

    Major letdown and very overrated

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  • Heroic Times

    Heroic Times

    ★★★★

    What a tale this was.  This is a story of the Middle Ages in Hungary (1300s), where we have a folk hero who is imbued with what appears to be superhuman strength, but also a superhuman temper.  Rather than provide a villain with poor temper, Janos Arany gives our folk hero the affliction of rage, often incited when someone goes against his traditional (even for his time) views of chivalry and honor.  With this affliction, our folk hero’s gift of…

  • Collateral

    Collateral

    ★★★★½

    Not sure why I didn’t know Michael Mann was awesome.  Watched this and Heat and in both, Mann does a great job of making you sympathetic towards each and every character.  His villains are likable and his heroes have depth.

    Gotta love Tom Cruise looking like a Resident Evil character and helping Max work through his self-destructive mindset that has been his largest life obstacle, while simultaneously terrorizing him.  The therapist cleanup guy, what an interesting character.  As an increasingly…

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