Jacob

Jacob

Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Parasite
  • American Beauty

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  • Before Sunset

    ★★★★

  • Morning Glory

    ★★★½

  • Women Talking

    ★★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★½

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  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

    ★★★★

    Another great entry in the Before trilogy, Before Sunset is more of a rumination on regret compared to the optimism of the first film. Very similar in style to Before Sunrise, this film follows our two characters as they perouse around Paris and discuss where they are in their lives and how they reached this point. I found it very interesting how, while still clearly a romance film, this film didn’t feel as heartfelt and hopeful as the first entry,…

  • Morning Glory

    Morning Glory

    ★★★½

    This is such a comfort movie for me. Rachel McAdams should be in everything.

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    Loved this insane movie just as much on rewatch, albeit it definitely lost a little ‘sparkle’ without the shock factor of the first watch. I also wish that they had leaned even further into the bloody and disgusting factor of the body horror present throughout, especially towards the end, because while yes it’s obviously very exaggerated and crazy by most standards, it still felt like it was holding back a little to make it past censors and get a wider…

  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★

    Did I miss something?
    Maybe as a student film this would be serviceable, but as a full length feature film I’m sorry but this doesn’t cut it. 
    Some lovely cinematography does not a film make (despite what twitter would tell you), and besides that there wasn’t a whole lot else going on in I Saw The TV Glow. 
    I understand some of what Jane Schoenbrun was going for, but unfortunately she was not successful in delivering the important messages it…

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