joefish88

joefish88

Favorite films

  • Inland Empire
  • Poor Things
  • Suspiria
  • The Beast

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  • Queer

    ★★★

  • The Shining

    ★★★

  • Cold Prey

    ★★

  • Cramps

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  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★

    lowkey really bummed me out. really great adaptation with a smattering of true burroughs moments, awesome visuals and really good acting AND really good sex scenes, and yearning … o the yearning

  • The Shining

    The Shining

    ★★★

    I’m sooooo crazy for reviewing this three stars but in my new hyper awareness and contemplating the book and viewing the film as an adaptation, the plot leaves soooo much to be desired … I don’t doubt its icon-status or want it to diminish my view of the performances (which are exemplary) , but it really doesn’t hold up outside of it being a sequence of  strung together scenes (that are very good). 
    idk I guess I get why Stephen king doesn’t like it

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ½

    This sucked!
    it had absolutely no idea what it wanted to be. it was overlong, frustratingly convoluted, and the lead performances were pitiful, characters empty and devoid of any substance that let me connect to them. i was utterly baffled by acting of the leading male characters (except Defoe, who was fine). It was a boring and winding tale with a weak climax
    I can’t fault its design or direction, Eggers knows how to shoot and some of the scenes…

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    i suddenly snap awake … im drenched in sweat and lethargic … the world around me is blurry as my vision is fogged … I feel a weakness in my bones , i try look at my hands and I don’t recognise the palms staring back at me … i look up at the movie screen and see a woman get exploded ,,, I wipe my brow and try to swallow down in my dry mouth ,,, I look to…