Mark Bartlett

Mark Bartlett

Favorite films

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Aliens
  • GoodFellas

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  • Nosferatu

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    ★★★★

  • The Incredible Hulk

    ★★★

  • Spider-Man

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    I’m sorry but this movie is absolutely terrible. There’s zero substance to it whatsoever. Absolute negative thematic theft. It has nothing beyond a coffee table’s book worth of lovely photography, but considering Francis Ford Coppola already did the pretentious cinephile version of this, it doesn’t offer anything new either, but at least that version while being also saturated in goth energy had the wisdom to counterbalance it with romance and tons of camp. This version however, is colourless, has zero…

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    ★★★★

    I’m not being baity (well, maybe a little) but I genuinely think TASM2 is indeed, amazing. I will never understand what the beefs are. Garfield’s the best, it’s thematically rich, really well paced, the Gwen and Peter dynamic is perfect, it has the perfect balance of camp, melodrama and spectacle and legit great acting from Garfield, Stone and Sally Fields. It’s EASILY the best looking spider-man visually, not just costumes but CGI and the overall presentation of the film, but…

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★★

    Alien: Romulus, I don’t think I’ve ever gone off on one about how much I love this movie. I’ve seen it at least a dozen times now and it’s my favourite flick to just have running in the background. Romulus operating like an Alien greatest hits package was obviously the right move and necessary to remind the genre audience what’s cool about Alien without bogging them down with too much lore. I loved it, and not just because it showed…