Wholeheartedly cinematic, Nosferatu is another beautifully rendered adaptation of a familiar work from Robert Eggers that puts us under a spell with gorgeous staging and lighting bringing forth the sickly gray and burning orange tones of the 1800s as compelling theatrics harbor an unsettling & amusing emotional balance, with Nicholas Hoult finishing a great-year as an increasingly sweaty realtor selling to a vampire and Lily-Rose Depp demonstrating her abilities at acting out manic, possession, & lust. A grounded, rawer, & predatory incarnation where…
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Trap 2024
It's been nearly ten years since M. Night Shyamalan reinvented himself as a filmmaker with The Visit, so you've had plenty of time to decide whether you're on his wavelength of original, self-funded thrillers with darkly comedic undertones. More in line with that 2015 film than Old and Knock at the Cabin by being grounded in "our" reality, Trap is Shyamalan continuing a streak of confident directorial efforts, subverting expectations at every turn. You call it a bucket of plot…
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The Poseidon Adventure 1972
An exemplary disaster film, it features familiar character archetypes in the aftermath of a catastrophe, an ocean liner capsizing, forcing survivors of the impact to climb upside-down sets to reach the surface. It is marked by intense turns from a star cast led by Gene Hackman as a pastor who makes himself responsible for a batch of passengers after watching in horror dozens of others drown. The group (among them an old couple, two young siblings, an injured man, an…
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Bonnie and Clyde 1967
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway encapsulate a complex bond in Arthur Penn's depiction of the outlaws, their crime spree, and a romance fated for tragedy as they drive through the country, lending them some humanity and avoiding repetition by giving each pitstop a unique moment for the characters to reflect on their actions and motives while fleeing from the law. It has quite a number of memorable sequences, from its depiction of violence in shootouts and ambushes to their interactions…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the result of replacing a comedic writer with the person to blame for the most mediocre blockbusters in recent years. The dip in quality is evident even in the visuals, the fruitless loss of color and detail labeled an "artistic choice." The writing is lifeless compared to the original's energetic take on the overdone genre.
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Whiplash 2014
If I had seen this movie as a band student in the sixth grade, it would be my favorite film, for it may have helped me reconsider the question “Is this worth it?” before I dropped the elective. Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash is a movie about an isolated talent enduring pain and suffering to become the next great, in a way, a metaphor for Chazelle’s dream to be in the league of fame of directors and be remembered for his craft.…
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