Juan Santos

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Favorite films

  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Substance
  • Monkey Man
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

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  • The Electric State

  • Longlegs

    ★★★

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

    This was like if the Russos said "how can we botch an 80s Amblin film with as much money as possible" where the 320 million went I have no idea. This is 100% a money laundering scheme, I have no other explanation.

    Can't believe this came from the guys that directed some of the best episodes of community

    Netflix w/ Evan

  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★★

    Woof, my history with this project made it so it wasn't a must watch right away, but I have always been curious to see the finished vision. Ultimately I think writing and acting are the culprits here, but I don't think it's really the fault of the actors (Nicolas Cage is exempt here and was wonderful). The directing was so specific and stylized it's hard not to think Osgood Perkins was very specific with how he wanted the cast to be portraying their characters. But unlike Shyamalan or Anderson, it didn't work for me.

    Hulu, Plane to LAX

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    Y'all I got work in so few hours and I simply cannot sleep. Denis should have known that this would shake me to my core and not allowed me to go to an 11pm screening. I've BEEN dune-pilled....for like a long time...which first came from the book, and walking out of the theater I was so happy feeling like this was probably the best book adaptation I've had the joy of experiencing. Denis took his liberties but the Absolute core…

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.