John Smith

John Smith Pro

Aloof and unfunny. Programming, etc. at Alamo Drafthouse.

Favorite films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • A Face in the Crowd
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Blade Runner 2049

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  • The Age of Disclosure

    ★★

  • The Substance

  • Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story

  • The Timekeepers of Eternity

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  • The Matrix Resurrections

    The Matrix Resurrections

    ★★★★★

    "Nothing comforts anxiety like nostalgia."

    The close of 2019 felt – appropriately – like a cultural series finale. AVENGERS: ENDGAME, RISE OF SKYWALKER, Game of Thrones, TOY STORY 4, the soulless and mostly unloved live-action versions of THE LION KING, ALADDIN, and DUMBO – even the Harry Potter series effectively "ended" for a large portion of fans thanks to JK Rowling's garbage brain.

    And yet, here we are. Confused, traumatized, and angry, grubbily picking all the morsels from the 20th…

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  • The Age of Disclosure

    The Age of Disclosure

    ★★

    Initial post-SXSW premiere thoughts

    On the plus side - there’s a lot of smoke here, so there’s a fire someplace, but it’s also hard not to figure that there’s a lot of well-meaning people being had to support a government narrative.

    On the negative side - it’s super messy and disorganized, blasting you with information and factoid and speculation in no clear order, while never taking much of a breath to paint a coherent picture.

    It’s all supported by a…

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    I don’t watch Stranger Things, but now I’ve seen the Demi-Gorgon.

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  • The Lost King

    The Lost King

    ★★★½

    Highly effective anti-Leicester University propaganda from the Ricardians.

  • Air

    Air

    ★★★

    Pairs well with ZODIAC, another gorgeously shot period-accurate piece about middle-aged professionals on the West Coast obsessing over and successfully burnishing the reputation of a legendary sociopath.