joeraphael

joeraphael

Favorite films

  • Children of Men
  • Gomorrah
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Pan's Labyrinth

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  • Howl's Moving Castle

    ★★★½

  • Tombstone

    ★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

  • Barry Lyndon

    ★★★★

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  • Howl's Moving Castle

    Howl's Moving Castle

    ★★★½

    Howl’s castle is very cool but it definitely has a crazy carbon footprint.

  • Tombstone

    Tombstone

    ★★½

    Great vibes and mustaches. Not much of a plot tho!

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

    This is not new territory for Bong John Ho, but I don’t care.

    Mickey is an incredible character(s) and Robert Pattinson is officially one our best living actors??? That was one of many surprises here. There’s a lot going on but it’s all executed and balanced really well and anchored by Mickey’s character evolution. 

    If you don’t appreciate this I think you are boring and also possibly dumb.

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    I expected Dune Part 2 to be a giant movie in terms scope and scale, to have amazing production design, sound, special effects, epic battles and amazing cinematography. It has all of these things.

    What makes it even better, and what I did not expect, is that the most impactful moments did not come from any of this, but rather very simply from the story itself, the script, and the acting. 

    The script and the performance from the cast elevate…