John

John

Favorite films

  • Synecdoche, New York
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Brazil
  • There Will Be Blood

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  • The Mist

    ★★★★½

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★½

  • No Hard Feelings

    ★★

  • The People vs. Larry Flynt

    ★★★½

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  • The Mist

    The Mist

    ★★★★½

    I loved this movie when I was younger, but getting to see it in black and white the way the director originally intended really put this movie in the perfect light for me. It makes the atmosphere just bleed old school "Twilight Zone", and it also helps blend the quality of the CGI into the environment in a less jarring way than the color cut. It's such a surreal descent into madness, and for some reason, the hindsight of the…

  • No Hard Feelings

    No Hard Feelings

    ★★

    Possibly the most unintentionally psychotic subtext I've ever seen in a movie

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  • Brazil

    Brazil

    ★★★★★

    Just finished watching this for the second time and fuck, what an absolute masterpiece. This blew my mind at just about every turn. It just never stops moving, the way it satirizes bureaucracy and shows the brutality of tyrannical governments through its over the top set design and increasingly intensifying plot makes for one of my favorite experiences with a movie in a good while. Fantastic.

  • Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

    Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

    ★★★★★

    It's not every day that you get a comedian like Norm Macdonald. He is undoubtedly one of a kind, his comedy is unlike that of anyone in the comedic landscape, but he's someone that is truly all reaching. Whether it was his deadpan delivery on weekend update, his zany winding stories on late shows, or his classic routines where he could give off this impression of this confused old man stammering his way through a tear inducingly hilarious set. Norm…

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