Alex

Alex

Favorite films

  • Seven Samurai
  • The Thing
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Videodrome

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  • Escape from L.A.

    ★★★★

  • My Dinner with Andre

    ★★★★★

  • Her

    ★★★★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★

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  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

    ★★★★

    I wrote something long, acknowledging how stupid a lot of this movie is, and then realized that I’m just trying to justify why I enjoy it. It comes down to 3 things: 1) I love Kurt Russell, 2) I love John Carpenter, and 3) this movie requires zero emotional or mental investment for me. It allows me to turn off my brain and have fun.

  • My Dinner with Andre

    My Dinner with Andre

    ★★★★★

    There some really profound moments in this. This is not a film everyone is ready for. I feel like it finds you exactly when you need it. I’ve tried watching it several times, but I always became distracted or busy, I wasn’t ready. I finally had the time and attention to sit down with it, and I found that it ultimately confirmed most of what I’ve been learning in my own experience lately.

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  • An American Werewolf in London

    An American Werewolf in London

    ★★★★★

    This is about as perfect of a werewolf movie as we’ve gotten of likely will anytime soon. It’s always one of the first horror movies I recommend to someone. The transformation scene is something I’ll never forget, even if its dated.

  • Joker

    Joker

    ★★★★½

    I walked into this movie with a couple cops outside the theater and came out to two hasseling a man for carrying a book, two staring down all the moviegoers, and multiples of cars patrolling the parking lot. Seeing that after I came out of the movie made an already heavy experience completely surreal.

    It’s genuinely difficult to put to words how I feel about the movie. It was very well written, well executed, and Jaoquin Pheonix was incredible. I…

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