Declan Mangan

Declan Mangan

Favorite films

  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • La La Land
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

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  • Transformers One

    ★★★★

  • Borderlands

    ½

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    ★★★★½

  • Twisters

    ★★★½

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  • Transformers One

    Transformers One

    ★★★★

    TLDR: even back in 2015 when it was just a concept in a writers room, there was massive potential in this idea and even as it comes out, it seemed to contain that same amount of potential. And that’s saying something as someone who had small expectations after that teaser and Josh Cooley being tapped as the director

    Pros: this movie is focused on the development and evolution of Optimus and Megatron. From the looks, to the voices, to even…

  • Borderlands

    Borderlands

    ½

    TLDR: No, no, no... Borderlands can't die like this... not when game adaptions were getting so good... and not in the hands of Eli Roth. Craig Maizen could've saved this movie; he could have restored order! And this film wasn't supposed to be skag shit... by the hands of FILM KILLING PSYCHOPATHS!! Roth is a savage! Arad is a maniac, Executives are bandits, AND CRAIG WAS TO BE A GODDAMN HERO!!!!

    (yes, this was a Borderlands 2 ending quote reference)…

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  • The Black Phone

    The Black Phone

    ★★★★★

    There is so many highlights in this movie. Especially Ethan Hawke’s preformance as The Grabber. It has so many tense moments with Finny’s attempts at escape. His sister is also a highlight with memorable lines like “Jesus, what the fuck?”. There’s not much to say with this film but it’s a wonderful spooky time that made me question what would doctor strange 2 would’ve been if Scott stayed on to direct

  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    ★★★½

    So….it’s a bit better from the first film but not by much. Avatar The Way of Water’s strongest parts include the stunning visual feast for the eyes and also the world of pandora is still such an interesting location. The water tribe adds a lot of alien and mystique that the first lacked. Also you can tell how much detail Cameron put into the water lands. After all, it is James’ second favorite hobby outside of filmmaking. The story and…