jgrommet

jgrommet

Favorite films

  • Hot Fuzz
  • Fight Club
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
  • Another Round

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    ★★★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • Crazy Rich Asians

    ★★★½

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

    Jesse E and Kieran C do an incredible job portraying these characters, and it’s all the more impressive given the “short” runtime. Enjoyed this all the way through and teared up at times.

    I do feel like this makes me want to see more of Jesse and Kieran in different roles though, as these characters are similar to most of what I’ve seen them in

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Once Upon a Time in the West

    ★★★★★

    Letting Sergio Leone cook is dangerous… good lord. Genuinely very shocked to find that I might have enjoyed this more than the good, the bad, and the ugly? - this felt more focused and interesting yet still had a powerful Ennio Morricone score. The scale and set pieces are insane in these

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  • The Celebration

    The Celebration

    ★★★★★

    Wow… what a heavy watch. An unbelievably deep look into how different people process and react to trauma. Very amazing and nuanced performances from nearly all actors. Also very interesting cinematography, which led us to read about the Dogme 95 films - pretty cool concept and the result is that it almost felt like a Shakespearean play while still feeling like a movie as well as very realistic all at the same time. All of the speeches were gripping and…

  • Tenet

    Tenet

    ★★★★

    This was my second watch of Tenet. I’m a Tenet apologist. Definitely the weakest Nolan film from all the ones I’ve seen but I have a lot to say about this one, mainly because it’s apparently controversial and because I know people who have literally said out loud that this is “garbage” and that “you’re an idiot if you enjoyed it.” 

    I really don’t get that take. Like, what were you watching? Was there no part of it that interested…

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