Gus Anderson

Gus Anderson

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  • The Celebration
  • The Third Man
  • Seven Samurai

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  • Black Rain

    ★★★

  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★

  • The Package

  • The Rock

    ★½

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  • Black Rain

    Black Rain

    ★★★

    Popcorn vibes all the way and I can get behind that. Insert “Hollywood doesn’t make entertainment films like these anymore” here and that about sums it up. Kinda feels like Ridley used the leftovers from the Blade Runner set for Japan.

  • Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    ★★★★

    Freddy Kruger Hamlet mash-up

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  • The Outpost

    The Outpost

    ★★★★

    Here's a hot take for all you one-shot dick twisters, The Outpost is better than 1917.

    What the Outpost and director Rod Lurie understood about the extended, one-shot take is the power it has in creating tension; when done right the long take throws you into the center of the action. What 1917 and Sam Mendes did not understand is that if you do an entire film in "one-take" the viewer becomes desensitized to what is going on around them,…

  • It's Such a Beautiful Day

    It's Such a Beautiful Day

    Pseudo intellectual bull crap. Like a lit class that is grasping way too much for the bigger picture. Saw this one at a film festival where I could see how bored the audience was getting watch this "film." Not worth the time.