jonnyshenk

jonnyshenk

Woodward Theater, Cindependent Film Festival, and Cincy Film Calendar.

Favorite films

  • The Tree of Life
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Frances Ha
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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  • The Alto Knights

    ★½

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★★

  • Dahomey

  • Opus

    ★★½

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  • The Alto Knights

    The Alto Knights

    ★½

    I’ve now seen this movie, and it still feels like a fake movie. Who is this for????

    The Woodward looked great on screen. Literally the only interesting part of the film.

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★★

    A delightful film. I’m shocked that I, a huge looney tunes fan, did not know that the show had been revived on HBO for the last 5 years. And if this movie is any indication, seems like they’re doing a great job at it!

    This had the feeling of a tv movie. Nothing about it gave off a “Looney Tunes are back!” kind of energy, but I actually liked that. It also didn’t really do the - “What if Daffy…

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    Fuck it, let’s have Tom Burke be the new James Bond

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    Experiencing this film in IMAX with an engaged crowd of brutal boys definitely was the move. 

    Gonna let the ideas of the film percolate for a while, but just in terms of a cinematic experience, this is what it’s all about. There is understandable doom and gloom about the future of movies, but I can’t feel cynical in a year where I got to experience three grand spectacles in Dune Part 2, Nosferatu, and The Brutalist.

    Just listened to Corbet’s…