I thought I was going to come here and try to defend my love for this movie, but I’m gratified to see in the reviews that it seems to have gone through quite a reevaluation already. I’m floored to see all the top reviews on Letterboxd are 5 stars - hell yeah, cinephiles!
My favorite image in this movie is a lingering close-up of wet hair on Gong Li’s shoulder in the shower scene with Colin Farrell. That’s such an…
Pound for pound my favorite Michael Mann film. As much as I love him as a director, a lot of his films tend to feel just a little too long, to drag at a certain point, but not this one. The story is so immediate the whole way through and so tightly executed that there’s not a minute wasted and no opportunity to even think about dragging. Tom Cruise’s Vincent is one of Mann’s best professional criminals and Jamie Foxx…
I say this very rarely, but this is a perfect movie. I had a favorites of 2024 list, and this just completely blew it up and stole the #1 spot.
The Count of Monte Cristo, to me, is Dumas’ masterpiece, delivering both a satisfying revenge tale and a tragedy of the toxicity of revenge. After being disappointed with previous film attempts to adapt the sprawling story with its slow, calculated plot rather than quick and straightforward vengeance, I can’t imagine…
Do you not like Star Trek? Did you think the first Suicide Squad movie with Juggalo Jared Leto was really bitchin? Then have I got an abandoned TV pilot for you!
