johnconn

johnconn

Favorite films

  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • The Beyond
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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  • Heart Eyes

    ★★★

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    ★★½

  • Love Lies Bleeding

    ★★★★

  • Mr. Crocket

    ★★★

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  • Heart Eyes

    Heart Eyes

    ★★★

    These Make Some Noise plots are getting too elaborate.

    I love a good high concept genre blend, and there are at least a handful of really good kills here.

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    ★★½

    I've said before that to me, the scariest parts of The Exorcist come before the mom knows what is wrong with Regan. After all, there is something reassuring about the idea of proof of truly supernatural demonic evil. A world with devils in many ways is more comforting than one in which random maladies befall innocent young girls.

    This movie makes me rethink that stance. Because the exact cause of the affliction facing the Murphy children is never fully explained,…

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  • Bride of Re-Animator

    Bride of Re-Animator

    ★★★

    Gotta respect a movie that has the job title "goop wrangler" in its credits.

  • The Hobbit

    The Hobbit

    ★★★★½

    One of the many failings of the Peter Jackson movies is a lack of a song as good as the "down down to Goblin town" one in this movie