jackdunne

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former blonde child (regrettably)

Favorite films

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Days of Heaven
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Aftersun

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  • The Founder

    ★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

  • Paddington 2

    ★★★½

  • Inglourious Basterds

    ★★★★

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ★★★★★

    A few months ago in anticipation for this film, having known very little about what to expect — other than the general premise and a few minor details, I decided I’d read David Grann’s book: Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder, & the Birth of the FBI. 

    No words can do it proper justice — the history of the Osage people, the terrors they endured, along with the sheer level of deceit, betrayal, and corruption displayed is so impossibly…

  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★½

    Been putting this one off for awhile because I had a feeling it would make me cry. My intuition was correct. Talk about a gut punch.

    The film is beautiful, and the acting is even better, but perhaps what struck me the most was that despite the film being relatively simple and not much in the way of intense conflict or action taking place, my heart was racing. I can’t think of many other films that are capable of doing…

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

    Such a gorgeous film and entirely unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Managed to capture exactly what I felt while reading the book.

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Give Timmy the Oscar.

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★

    My sister somehow convinced my dad to go see this with the rest of the family. Gotta give credit where credit is due: he did NOT fall asleep.

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★

    Really enjoyed this. My only main criticism is I think the film would’ve greatly benefited from having a little more wiggle room to breathe. 

    The first hour or so, in particular, is so unceasingly fast it’s almost nauseating — genuinely just an obscene amount of stuff being relayed and thrown at you right from the jump and that’s not to say i think it was unnecessary or some of it should’ve been cut, but I do believe it could have…