Jack Verhaeg

Jack Verhaeg

Think I like reviewing films more than actual films.

Favorite films

  • Call Me by Your Name
  • La La Land
  • Gravity
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

  • Manchester by the Sea

    ★★★★

  • Music and Lyrics

    ★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★½

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★

    For a film taking aim at Hollywood vanity and the search for eternal youth, The Substance works best when it uses gore absurdly, thus ridiculing the very idea of bodily obsession. But it also strays into becoming a shallow object itself, littered with cinematographic references and only flirting with true character ‘Substance’ (pun intended). The film evokes pathos for Elizabeth as it begins, but this quickly dissipates in favour of camp spectacle. For a film about the perils of only…

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

    the gentleness… the pathos… the Christmas vibes!!!

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  • Winter's Tale

    Winter's Tale

    ½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • The House

    The House

    tag yourself i'm amy poehler firing a flamethrower at a basement full of hooligans