🎬 MICKEY 17:
Parasite was a minor obsession of mine back in 2019. When I heard that post his Oscar win, Bong Joon-ho would be teaming up with Robert Pattison for his next big film I was thrilled. Robert Pattison is one of the great actors of his generation, full stop. If you're still citing Twilight as a reason to dunk on the guy, I implore you to move past the year 2008 and dive into his filmography. In between…
🎬 WOLF MAN:
The reviews on this one were low and so were my expectations. I love horror, but werewolf films are probably my least favorite monster genre. That being said I was honestly entertained. The plot is light, but there are some compelling moments and genuinely effective scares.
Pro: "Sometimes when you're a *parent, you're so scared of your kids getting scars that you become the thing that scars them." BARS. This quote punched me right in the parental…
🎬 NOSFERATU:
Atmosphere. Aesthetic. Sound. Lead performances. 1Os ACROSS THE BOARD. There is no director better suited to take on Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's vampire lore. This is a love letter to gothic horror in its purest form. From the snowy mountainscapes, to the decaying castles and eerie way shadows and characters seem to practically glide across the screen at times, this was genre meets technical excellence.
Lily Rose Depp is hauntingly beautiful and effectively toes the line between desire…
🎬 BLINK TWICE:
If you take Get Out, add a feminist lens, and combine it with The Menu's "rich people can be the absolute worst" vibe, you get BLINK TWICE. Unlike Get Out, this film doesn't deliver the kind of thought provoking writing that will have you dissecting plot details that work on multiple levels. The social/ gender commentary is surface and not particularly clever. That's not to say this is a "bad movie". If you take it at face…
