jmirano

jmirano

Favorite films

  • Sideways
  • Perfect Days
  • Days of Heaven
  • Chinatown

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  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

  • Se7en

    ★★★★

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    ★★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

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  • Maestro

    Maestro

    ★★★

    The best thing about this movie was obviously the music.

  • Bones and All

    Bones and All

    ★★★★

    In a world that isn't ours
    In a place we shouldn't be
    For a minute
    Just a minute
    We made it feel like home
    For a minute
    Just for a minute
    You made it feel like home

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  • The Whale

    The Whale

    ★★★

    Every film by DA shows me something I never thought I would see. This is no exception. 

    What impressed me most about this movie was the limited setting. For occurring in practically one room, it was amazing how the film was so dynamic. So much has to be said about BFs acting, maybe more with the actress who played his daughter. Overall, though, what was so impressive about the movie—the setting—is probably why it felt so flat at the same…

  • White Noise

    White Noise

    ★★★★

    Would be 3 stars but have to account for how difficult this would be to translate to film. I would have thought it impossible, but NB did it, and the acting was stellar.

    Getting into the film is difficult. The pacing feels off and the acting forced, but then I remember when I read WN how absurd the characters were in the book. I think when I watch movies I always expect realism. You have to be ready to see…

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