jkohnke

jkohnke

Mom called it psychologically taut.

Favorite films

  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Psycho
  • Carnival of Souls
  • The Last Picture Show

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Magic

  • Affliction

    ★★★★

  • The Blood on Satan's Claw

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★½

    Fassbender is growing on me and is best when comically serious instead of just dour. Cate Blanchett is wife city as always. The supporting cast is very solid (especially Marisa Abela) but it's hard to get used to the idea of Millennial spies. Polygraph sequence is the standout.

    Bravo to Mr. Sodey for making a movie in 2025 that feels 45 minutes long.

  • Affliction

    Affliction

    ★★★★

    Not now kitten, the walls are closing in on daddy.

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  • The Colours

    The Colours

    All the cool guys in town are watching arthouse Iranian Sesame Street and logging it on their phones.

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    ★★

    I ran out of patience around the half hour mark and never got back on the movie's wavelength, humor-wise. I'm aware that this must be a "me problem" because the entire theater was dying at every single repetition of the hot dog finger and Ratatouille gags.

    Exhausting reddit maximalism. Still convinced that multiverses are only in vogue right now so studios can mash IP together.

    Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan are extremely charming, so I have to give credit where it's due but the scenes introducing "Jobu Tupaki" genuinely embarrassed me.

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