Josh

Josh

Favorite films

  • The Prestige
  • Arrival
  • Parasite
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

  • Aliens

    ★★★★½

  • Alien

    ★★★★★

  • Almost Famous

    ★★★★½

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

    Forget facehuggers, I wanna be an Andyhugger. Just give him a lil hug and kiss and put him to bed. 

    Coming from a place of love for the Alien franchise, three of the six movies are good, and the other three are really not all that. To me, this was kinda the tie-breaker, and thankfully, most of it stands with the good stuff and ends up being pretty dang solid. I don’t think every single thing was perfect, but I…

  • Aliens

    Aliens

    ★★★★½

    Previous Entry Date: June 13th, 2019

    Who went and gave Bill Paxton all the best lines? 

    Not often can a sequel undergo a change in genre and it feels completely natural. Going from a claustrophobic horror to a balls-to-the-wall action romp, the Alien franchise isn’t any stronger than the first two original films. They make the progression from movie one to movie two seamless, and there’s more on the world-building, which is fantastic, and it feels so authentic and lived…

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  • The Batman

    The Batman

    ★★★★½

    I too wish that a camera could dramatically pan out from my face in a darkly lit room while Nirvana plays as the backing track.

    Correct I was, in my suspicions back in 2016 when Ben Affleck took over the mantle. He was cast and then it ended up being the most horrific on-screen version of him. BUT since Robert Pattinson is (recently) pretty consistently a good actor, I was, and have been, a little more hopeful about his interpretation…

  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    ★★★★½

    James Cameron seemingly cannot help it. He sees a big boat, that thing is sinking.

    The ridiculously highly expected sequel is here at last. I'm pretty sure anyone who's anyone knows that it's coming out and that it's so hyped up. People are either expecting cinematic perfection or absolute trash depending on the camp they're in. Just like the original, I wouldn't exactly call this the most amazing movie I've ever seen, but in terms of movies in general, it…