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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★½

  • The Substance

    ★★★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★★★½

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  • The Addiction

    The Addiction

    ★★★★½

    🧛🏻‍♂️ 

    A raw portrait of existential & philosophical questions painted against the angsty black & white backdrop of nihilism & addiction in urban America. 

    The Addiction surfaces the moral ambiguity we face as egos moving through a world that is intertwined with trauma, disease, genocide & war. How can one have a moral standing when the very land we walk upon has been reaped in bloodshed & greed? How can a young person, emerging into our world, possibly feel they belong while their insides rot? Crumbling…

  • Crimes of the Future

    Crimes of the Future

    ★★★★½

    Inner Beauty is just as Precious…

    “Surgery is the new sex”

    Since seeing Cronenberg’s comic book adaptation A History Of Violence (of the same name), I have begun to notice the parallels between the two mediums; particularly, with his dialogue, plot pacing, & favor of static frames in Crimes of the Future. 

    The film is littered with blocking that is reminiscent of panels & perspectives often found in comics. For instance, the shadowy isolation of Tenser’s concrete home, which is filled with…

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★★

    Shoulda been Best picture + Demi Moore w/best actress in a leading role :( but so happy for Sean Baker & co. Incredible run for indie filmmaking

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★★★½

    APE SHIT

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Wolf Man

    Wolf Man

    ★★½

    Oh no intergenerational trauma & the cycle of receiving & passing it down

    I’ve enjoyed quite a few of the Blumhouse films over the last few years. They’re fun, campy & always have a tight thread of resonate themes & memorable practical effects.

    I was really hype for Wolf Man as the original film is one of my fav classic horror tales (I’ve yet to see the 2000’s adaptation). Unfortunately I felt the movie relied too heavily on jump scares & less of the existential…