Horror writer & cinephile.
Top 4 = most recent five-star watches
"We live inside a dream."
Rest easy you brilliant, impossible man. The world will miss you deeply.
That final shot will stay with me forever, Eli. As will you.
A remarkable piece of filmmaking that manages to stand out thanks to its jagged and jerking construction and because of the importance of the history it covers, which is not taught to American children.
Had to sit on this one for a couple days to think about it. Since walking out of the theater on Friday, I knew I liked it. Quite a bit in fact. I think, had I logged it after seeing it, I probably would have given it 4.5 stars. But on reflection, I think this is a bit messier than Bong Joon Ho's prior films, and it shares more DNA with Okja than I was expecting. Not to an extent…
A modern masterpiece. The Coen Brothers create a world filled with silence and then use Hitchcock-esque suspense to tear violent holes in said world.
Reviewing a film like Sound of Freedom is near impossible as any criticism or dislike will automatically be met with claims that said detractor "doesn't care about children" or somehow condones trafficking.
That is by design, naturally. So what if the film's commentary on this subject is about as shallow as a puddle? So what if the film's purported hero is a fraud who has consistently overembellished his role in saving victims? So what if the film's star and subject…