Matt Murphy

Matt Murphy Pro

I like murder mysteries. There ain't enough of them.

Favorite films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Fight Club
  • Paddleton

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  • Thelma

    ★★★★½

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

    ★★

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

    ★★½

  • Wonder

    ★★★★½

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  • Thelma

    Thelma

    ★★★★½

    Poignant. Hilarious. Almost perfect. Thelma rules, Ben does too. But her family really slow things down. I understand they provide motivation for our heroine, but they are such wet blankets. I feel like I say this a lot, but they should pump out more of these little films and less IP crap.

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

    ★★

    Genuinely bat shit crazy. There's a good movie in here somewhere but no one really bothered to look. Turned into a horror movie in the last act. So many missed shots. Dumb and stupid.

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  • The Legend of The Five

    The Legend of The Five

    ½

    When I was in 3rd grade the 2nd graders did a little skit where a guy, by himself, was staring intently into a corner, seemingly at nothing. Eventually a crowd gathers and are all trying to find what he is so entralled by. The guy then opens a box and starts selling binoculars to the bamboozled onlookers, earning a polite chuckle from the audience.
    That skit was better than this movie in every single way. From writing, to acting, to…

  • CODA

    CODA

    ★★★★★

    Look, I love a feel-good movie as much as anyone, but when it feels so good it fucking hurts parts of your soul you didn't know existed, that's too fucking much. I laughed, I cried, then laughed louder and cried so hard I made noises I honestly can't explain. CODA examines family and living with disability and responsibility and freedom and growing up and breaking free from the familial ties that bind, with such heart and tenderness you just want…

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