Jeff

Jeff

Favorite films

  • Prisoners
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Interstellar
  • Inception

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  • Opus

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

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  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★★

    I very much enjoyed the set up of the film and the suspense and tension that is being built as the film leads you to the obvious conclusion that this is all going to go wrong, it’s just the when and how that keeps you at the edge of your seat. However, I found the main antagonist’s motivation to be not all that compelling, which I felt in some way it should have been as a right-brain heavy person myself,…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

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    The film is very entertaining, and even endearing at times, but ultimately I found the overall plot to be a bit convoluted at times, as well as having some contrived elements that really stretched my suspension of disbelief to the last fiber of its thread. The performances are all great, however, I love me some Marc Ruffalo cheese, and didn’t mind the overt thematic elements and the satirical way they were executed.

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Eggers exhibits pure mastery in his direction maintaining an uneasiness that engulfs his film for the entirety of its run time with steady, slow, methodical close and medium shots that always speak to a greater terror lurking in the background. This film is a slow burn and truly excels in invoking terror in almost every shot. I am pleasantly surprised that a vampire film was able to be so effective in delivering chills and thrills, but being very reserved and…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    A film about breaking traditions and choosing one’s own agency and expression over anything and everything else. I think this film spoke to me deeply because of how much I relate to Bob Dylan’s passion for artistic expression and the quality of said artistic expression, and wanting to remain true to yourself whilst doing the thing you love. Timothee Chalamet knocked it out of the park with this performance, as well as Edward Norton and the rest of the cast.…