Illmaddock

Illmaddock

Favorite films

  • The Heartbreak Kid
  • Vengeance Is Mine
  • Nashville
  • Alien

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  • The Departed

    ★★★★★

  • Fool for Love

    ★★★½

  • Bull Durham

    ★★★★★

  • The Hunger

    ★★★★½

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  • The Departed

    The Departed

    ★★★★★

    “I’m fucking Irish, I’ll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life”


    One of the most quotable movies ever, The Departed is a masterpiece. I just love Jack Nicholson so much—I would KILL to chill with him. To me, he’s the greatest actor of all time. The ensemble cast is perfect, and I genuinely think this was the role Mark Wahlberg was born to play. Marty is a master—truly, truly, truly. His feel for cinematic storytelling is…

  • Fool for Love

    Fool for Love

    ★★★½

    Think I sorta set myself up to not enjoy this one as much as I could, watched it right after Bull Durham and struggled to devote my attention fully to the film. Doubt It ever happens but I think seeing this in a indie cinema where it my demands my attention it could easily be 4 star I just didnt engage as the nature of its story telling needed me to.

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★½

    Just very entertaining. The three leads were great, soundtrack was great. Also liked the late 2000s nostalgia (which is a terrifying concept I’m old wow.) An energized movie start to finish. Its a tennis summer letterboxd readers and I gotta get my racket restrung

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