Jacob

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Favorite films

  • Pink Floyd: The Wall
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • The Lion King
  • The Lighthouse

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  • A Man Escaped

    ★★★★½

  • Sorry to Bother You

    ★★★★

  • My Life as a Dog

    ★★★½

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man

    ★★★★

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  • Presence

    Presence

    ★★★★

    This is the type of horror I devour in a single bite. Steven Soderbergh (Oceans trilogy, Magic Mike, Contagion, etc.) has always been one of those film makers I follow wherein I don't watch *everything* he releases, but every now and then, something creeps up that piques my interest. This is BY FAR my favourite film of his in his catalogue. The camera very much is a character in this, you are literally the perspective of the ghost, but just…

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★

    I enjoyed this much, MUCH more than what I was initially expecting. I haven't really enjoyed much of Jon M. Chu's previous works as the scripts are usually pretty fun but they've always missed that ✨something✨. This is so CAMP though. So camp that it becomes ridiculous in the best way possible. That being said, what makes it so disappointint is that the movie *could* be beautiful Mr Chu learns to turn off his Instagram fog filter. WHERE'S THE VIBRANT…

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  • Rage Against The Machine: Live At Finsbury Park

    Rage Against The Machine: Live At Finsbury Park

    ★★★★

    When the guitar went vrrrrvrvrvrvrvrvrvrrrrvrr, I felt that

  • Bo Burnham: Inside

    Bo Burnham: Inside

    ★★★★

    Probably Burnham's most nihilistic work yet.

    Bo Burnham is probably my favourite stand up comedian, mainly because of how he utilises his presentation both in person and film to elevate his comedy. A lot of stand up comedy becomes super dry very quickly to me. There's only so much that you can do to engage me visually, and stand up often doesn't do that for me. Burnham's specials 'What?' and 'Make Happy' uses visual and editing cues throughout their specials…