Jayson

Jayson

Art for art's sake

"Your Laura disappeared. It's just me now"

Favorite films

  • Aftersun
  • The Social Network
  • Mulholland Drive
  • GoodFellas

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  • The Electric State

  • Raw

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Cats

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  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

    Infuriating in so many ways...

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    Probably my favorite English language Bong Joon-Ho movie. It still doesn't hold a candle to his smaller scale Korean language thrillers, but this was a lot of fun.

    Funny, philosophical, and unabashedly weird. Robert Pattinson is as game as always, the score is cool, and it's incredibly well paced.

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  • Nope

    Nope

    ★★★★½

    This fucking rules.

    A thought provoking, sci-fi horror movie with loads of creative cinematic flourishes. It's also a neo-western, because why not?

    There isn't a bad performance, it's creepy and full of genuinely funny moments that never take away from the horror elements, unlike Us. The sound design is on God mode and if Hoyte van Hoytema doesn't receive an Oscar nomination for his mind-blowing cinematography, I'll riot.

    Maybe my favorite Peele movie? Maybe my favorite movie of the year…

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★

    Finally. By the way, I've never read the books.

    The craft on display here is incredible. The sound design, production design, cinematography, visual effects and costume design are all flawless. Hans Zimmer gives this score everything he has to give. This is the best looking and sounding film I've seen in 2021 and it's not even close. The sandworm scenes were amazing and I thought the big action set-piece about an hour in was super satisfying. This is the first…