mattthor

mattthor

Favorite films

  • The Big Lebowski
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • The Florida Project
  • Adaptation.

Recent activity

All
  • The Substance

    ★★★★½

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    ★★★★½

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming

    ★★★★½

  • Kung Fu Panda

    ★★★★½

Recent reviews

More

Popular reviews

More
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    ★★★½

    Like a hyper sexual Dazed and Confused with far less depth to the end of school musings and a lack in interesting, likeable characters. Particularly when viewed in a modern context, as some real slimy shit goes down in this movie without being portrayed as particularly negative. One particularly off scene involving a less than comfortable 15 year old student losing her virginity to a 26 year old accountant or some shit like that.

    However, whilst there's a lack of…

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    ★★★★½

    Here I was scared Charlie would be going 'mainstream' with this Netflix produced 'Get Out' looking premise.
    Well shiiiit was I wrong.
    Once more his characters are deeply troubled, dealing with existential dread, melancholic poetry and a distrust of everything including time, colour, love and ones own thoughts.
    I'm not gonna spoil it for my two readers but the film to me -though about so much more- excels most in its portrayal of dementia and the horrifically disorienting and unsettling…

Following

9