Luke Swezy

Luke Swezy

Mizzou grad. I talk about movies on the radio.

Favorite films

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Spider-Man
  • When Harry Met Sally...

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • Predators

    ★★★★

  • Sally

    ★★★½

  • How Deep Is Your Love

    ★★★

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  • Trap

    Trap

    ★★★

    Lady Raven/Mid Sized Sedan collab when?

  • Self Reliance

    Self Reliance

    ★★½

    My love for Anna Kendrick sometimes leads me to dark places: a Hulu original film

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  • The Father

    The Father

    ★★★★★

    I can’t say enough good things about The Father. Based on the trailer, I dismissed this as dull Oscar bait that I would have no interest it. I could not have been more wrong. 

    In a strange way this might be the best horror/thriller of 2020 even if that’s not the intention. This movie is terrifying and disorienting. The film is told from the perspective of Anthony Hopkins who is dealing with dementia. The nonlinear storytelling used to have the…

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

    ★★

    200 million dollars to make a movie that looks like Spy Kids 3D. The dialogue feels like it was written by a predictive text AI. 

    It wasn’t even funny! There’s a comedic tone to it all but there aren’t jokes.  Nothing remotely original going on here, constantly lifting story beats and imagery from better movies (1st hour or so plays exactly like The Force Awakens). 

    Jonathan Majors is the only actor who even seems to be trying. He does the…