Owen LePlavy

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"I'm as real as a donut, motherfucker."

Favorite films

  • The Bad Sleep Well
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Tenet

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★½

  • Novocaine

    ★½

  • The Talented Mr. Ripley

    ★★★★★

  • No Country for Old Men

    ★★★★½

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  • Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    ★★★★½

    Toshirō Mifune walked so Clint Eastwood could run, but in all honesty Eastwood could never meet the screen presence that Mifune had. This film wouldn't have worked if anyone played the main protagonist. Tatsuya Nakadai makes his first named character appearance for Kurosawa as the opposing figure. I know that once Mifune moves off from Kurosawa that Nakadai become his staple actor for a few of his important films.

    This film is fairly simple, ominous guy shows up to a…

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★★★

    What an absolute anxiety filled thrill ride. 

    Where does one even begin to break this film down? Garland crafted a film that isn’t entirely true to its title, but if you take what it is that he presented you are almost certainly guaranteed to form some strong opinions on it. 

    First off to title the film “Civil War” feels like a misdirection and the marketing campaign didn’t help the cause either. That is why this has become so divisive, the…

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★½

    This fed me as well as the dinner guests

  • Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

    ★★★★½

    You'd think Russia was the villain, but once again it's domestic diplomacy.

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    Highest 2 Lowest

    Ah shit, here we go again.

  • Trap

    Trap

    ★★★★½

    The Russ MCU style cameo proves cinema is still thriving.