Jacob Rivera

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Movie freak, sweet science commentator, family man

Favorite films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Se7en

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  • Liberal Arts

    ★★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★½

  • Last Night in Soho

    ★★★

  • Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

    ★★★★

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  • Liberal Arts

    Liberal Arts

    ★★★★

    The second film from Josh Radnor of How I Met Your Mother fame, Liberal Arts is a charming little movie with a lot of heart. Most of that charm comes in the form of Elizabeth Olsen who plays Zibby. Radnor character, Jesse is going through what one might call a little of a crisis that most of us go through. Having so much ambition & hope for the future, the details & realities of life are slowly chipping away at Jesse. When…

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★½

    First off this has been one of the few movies being talked about as great in 2024 by people I trust like The MovieFood crew. I went in with super high expectations & although they were not fully met it came close-ish. The acting is top notch, music & music cues were great, it’s shot well, & best of all entertaining. So much so I could have probably sat through another 20 minutes with these characters. You are probably wondering with all this…

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  • Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods

    ★★★★

    Spike Lee a long time filmmaker has crafted another compelling film that deals with brotherhood, race relations, demons, & the cold hard facts of historic atrocities. Connected through war & plight, the 5 men who are thrust into a war they have no reason to be in find some gold & decide that they are going to make a pact to bury it & than return later to better their live & further their cause as a trade for their sacrifices. As the 4 men…

  • The Insider

    The Insider

    ★★★★★

    Another rewatch of by far my favorite Michael Mann film. To me this film is perfect top to bottom. The actors are firing on all cylinders. The script is super sharp with no fat on it, at over two & a half hours long. The Mann style & look is like extra toppings on a pizza. The score which goes from acoustic almost Spanish guitar to chanting melodic perfection. There is not a sour note & although some of the movie has been…

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