jonowatson

jonowatson

Favorite films

  • Dune: Part Two
  • Heat
  • In Bruges
  • The Gentlemen

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  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

  • The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

  • Sexy Beast

    ★★★★

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Timmy is the man, this movie rules. The music really is the star of the show and everyone that sings is so good that you’d think they were the real people.

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

    Adding it to my Christmas movie rotation

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    Holy hell this movie was sick

    This is a proper alien movie. I love that they brought back the cassette futurism aesthetic with the grainy digital monitors, clicky-clacky buttons, and gorgeous interiors of the space station. 

    The cast was superb imo, all the actors were terrific. Rain is the best protagonist since Ripley, Tyler and Kay are both incredibly likeable and Andy steals the show at times. 

    This movie is definitely a love letter to the franchise and entertained me…

  • Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs

    ★★★

    First and foremost the 3 star review is due purely to the anxiety I felt watching this movie and in no way is meant to disparage the talent of the Safdie bros. 

    That being said the Safdie brothers are the masters of anxiety like Hitchcock is the master of suspense. 

    I loved the up close and personal handheld shots of this movie, there is a voyeuristic element that this film has and few others can do so well. I had…

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