Matthew Magdefrau

Matthew Magdefrau

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Stalker
  • Prisoners
  • The Tree of Life

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  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

  • Jules

    ★★★½

  • Longlegs

    ★★½

  • Inside Out

    ★★★½

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

    Its great sci-fi horror shit if you're into that. Lots of retread ground from a story beat perspective. Enjoyed the extra world building that happened in the early stages of the movie. The acid gravity scene was fun.

    The uncanny valley part is genuinely terrifying.

  • Jules

    Jules

    ★★★½

    At its core this is a movie about loneliness and the power of kindness.

    I always love a first encounter story, but this is certainly one of the more unique takes on it.

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  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

    ½

    God, this was awful. Like there is nothing redeemable about this. I feel bad that Argento got spit on. There was no suspense, no style, shoehorned plot points. Montages of Pinterest core “spooky” visuals. 

    I love the original, I hate this.

  • Call Her Ganda

    Call Her Ganda

    ★★★

    This is a very well shot and put together documentary about the need for justice for women in Asian countries and the issues with prehistoric laws like the VFA.

    I’m not a fan of Meredith Talusan’s part in this movie, not anything against her, but I wish she would have been less of an important player in this doc. I would have preferred it to focus on the actual women in the Philippines, not an American journalist.


    Director is a really cool guy, and I look forward to what he does next.