dregalodon

dregalodon

Favorite films

  • The Secret of NIMH
  • No Country for Old Men
  • The Shining
  • The Thing

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  • After Hours

    ★★★½

  • Flow

    ★★★

  • To Be or Not to Be

    ★★★★

  • Superbad

    ★★★★

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  • After Hours

    After Hours

    ★★★½

    Engaging and fraught with tension, but also suffers from one of my least favorite movie tropes: severe non-communication. 

    Griffin Dunne, who myself and many others know best as An American Buddy in London, starts off with a pretty great and natural performance - then when things start to get insane he keeps critical information to himself, like he swore an oath of secrecy to the script.

    “You seem a little strung out”:
    Maybe it’s because I barely met an intensely…

  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★

    Feels like the opening cutscene to a 12-year-old game that we never get to play. I feel like there’s some context I’m missing which is preventing me from appreciating this more - is this the first feature-length animated film from Latvia? Is it because this was made in Blender or practically rendered in real time? Was it made by one person? What’s the big deal when something is this vaguely generic?

    The animation is stiff (with the exception of Mr.…

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  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

    ★★★★½

    JK’s drill sergeant histrionics aside, he strongly embodies the insatiable, relentless demon of perfectionism that haunts every artist all too well - complete with all the unhealthy abuse that comes with that eternal taunt: you can always do better. 

    Mama MIA what an ending.

  • Hocus Pocus

    Hocus Pocus

    ★★★

    The sisters are cartoon incarnate in the best way, so much so that everything else in the movie pales in comparison.

    Young Thora, the 22 year-old super senior, and the 15 year-old VIRGIN don’t offer much. What, you haven’t gotten laid yet by 15? What kind of west coast loser are you??

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