MicoNico

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GOD DAMN, I wish there were more spots that I could put as my favourites. If you haven't noticed, I like movies :)

Favorite films

  • Almost Famous
  • Pleasantville
  • The Thing
  • Star Wars

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  • The Shining

    ★★★★

  • The Maltese Falcon

    ★★★

  • The Maltese Falcon

    ★★★

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    ★★★★½

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  • The Shining

    The Shining

    ★★★★

    Over the course of two and a half hours, we witness the persisting violence and self-destructive tendencies of the United States within a singular family. Under the slow burn character study of Jack Torrance, Kubrick redesigns King’s classic novel to pivot away from alcoholism as a pivotal point of the character to instead dwell on when masculinity is threatened as a part of the nuclear family. 

    Moreover, in the shifting complexities between Jack, Wendy, and Danny, there is the imminency…

  • The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon

    ★★★

    Still have the same feelings.

    I'm just glad to have caught up in my reviews. The self-pressure was killing me.

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  • Knives Out

    Knives Out

    ★★★★★

    Fucking fantastic! There's no other way to say it.

    The way Rian Johnson writes this film is airtight, keeping the pace phenomenal. Such an easy breeze of a watch makes it so enjoyable, especially when I was taking constant notes on the film, seeing what Johnson was able to do with the genre, and like Harlan, flip the board entirely on its head. The formula often consists of the whodunnit genre, which is mainly thrown out so Johnson can be…

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    Holllly mother fucking Christ was this insane! 

    I was actually in just a state of shock leaving the theatre because of the third act alone, disgustingly mixing the trademarks of body horror with commentary that’s meant to scream in your face about what it’s all about. And I fucking love how unabashedly confident it is in relaying this subject through amazingly horrifying gore and powerhouse performances coming from our two leads. 

    Now look, I have noticed the complaints against the…