JanSophie

JanSophie

Favorite films

  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Casablanca
  • Lost in Translation

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  • The Front

    ★★★★

  • Babygirl

    ★★★

  • Faust

    ★★★½

  • The Fifth Seal

    ★★★★½

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  • The Front

    The Front

    ★★★★

    I really admire how this movie handles its tonal shifts even though they were very abrupt. It balances the mocking of the situation and the seriousness of it very well. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time during certain scenes.
    Amazing writing and powerful performances.

  • Late Night with the Devil

    Late Night with the Devil

    ★★★★½

    This is just my kind of movie. Funny, atmospheric, creepy, mysterious and entertaining from start to finish. I had a blast!

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  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★½

    It has been a few hours, and I'm still smiling. I haven't had this much fun in a movie theater in a really long time.

    Let me begin by saying that, overall, this is one of the best castings in a movie musical in recent memory (Casting people who are actually actors/singers/dancers? In a musical? Who would have thought!?).

    I found the world to be really immersive and, honestly, it did make me feel childlike wonder at times. It reminded…

  • Gladiator

    Gladiator

    ★★★★

    Rewatched it in preparation for Gladiator II. Admittedly, some things didn't hold up as well as I hoped. The most glaring thing is the editing and the way the action sequences were filmed. The excessive zoom ins, cuts and shaky cam in the battle and fight scenes make it so hard to understand what's going on. At first, I thought this had to be some sort of censored-for-TV version I'm watching, because I didn't remember the action sequences being like…