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ianblom

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Sing Street
  • About Time
  • The Holdovers

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  • Sing Street

    ★★★★★

  • The Gambler

    ★★★

  • Trap

    ★½

  • Wonka

    ★★★

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  • Sing Street

    Sing Street

    ★★★★★

    Bloody hell! This might’ve just changed the trajectory of my life.

    Don’t watch this film cause I wanna be in the room when you do. So many feel-good chemicals in one viewing, my brain needs a detox.

    The storyline between the brothers hit harder than it ever has. The original music is f’in BANGIN. The outfits are glamourous. The acting is superb.

    Even the minor characters have arcs and moments of redemption. So much care and attention given to a…

  • The Gambler

    The Gambler

    ★★★

    Oh man. There’s a lot of poetic bullshit in this one. I thought rewatching it with the subtitles would help but I’m still lost.

    Dam you M83 for making such angelic music. The last 10 minutes are EPIC and the other 101 are FORGETTABLE. 

    Really clever cine at the university and the casinos….unfortunately overshadowed by the lack of character development. 

    Wahlberg just runs and runs and runs and I’m all for it. A perfect Outro to a heavily-flawed film.

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  • Trap

    Trap

    ★½

    The popcorn that accompanied this film was easily the best bucket I’ve had this year. Buttery and salty despite no butter being added.

    The satisfaction I got from this film is nowhere near my popcorn pleasure. I didn’t believe the relationships in the film, and I wasn’t sold by any of the concert “rules” they made up.

    I stuck it through because I was expecting some zesty twist, but I was disappointed once again.

    Would’ve fallen asleep but some theater-goer…

  • Wonka

    Wonka

    ★★★

    Whimsical, campy and colorful. 

    The songs were catchy, I don’t think I’ll ever catch myself listening to them outside this medium, but they had some pizzazz.

    PD shined. World building around laundry peeps was good, the captives other than Noodle, not so memorable. 

    Bravo to the choreo dept. There was a silhouetted step on the top of the rooftops that was breathtaking.

    Should’ve watched this around the holidays. Maybe I’ll catch it again in a candy store.