mario_coronado

mario_coronado

Favorite films

  • Magnolia
  • Uncut Gems
  • GoodFellas
  • Boogie Nights

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  • Inside Man

    ★★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★½

  • Booksmart

    ★★★½

  • Sorcerer

    ★★★★½

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★½

    Nickel Boys tells a powerful story, but i couldn't get over the whole First Person POV type of filmmaking until a little over half way through the movie...

    If you take a look at a filmmaker like Jonathan Demme, who uses POV Shots quite a bit in his work, You can see that his use of the technique is used to take us away from the ordinary and as a tool to further enhance the plot. I just couldn't help…

  • Booksmart

    Booksmart

    ★★★½

    This is a pretty charming high-school comedy that also, successfully, tells a dramatic story about two teenagers trying to make up for lost time. The performances from the two leads are quirky and pretty great, with some fun side characters to support them.

    But mannn high-school isn’t like that…

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    The Brutalist will win best picture and here’s why…

    This film, like many great American Epics, is a long and heavy film to sit through, but man does it make good use of its run time. Every frame is taken care of with so much care and delicacy in both a dramatic and technical aspect. Hell, even the title cards look amazing! The film has rich and layered character dynamics that make you constantly question each characters true motives. The…

  • The Fabelmans

    The Fabelmans

    ★★★★★

    They ain’t believe in us…

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