Paul Miera

Paul Miera

Favorite films

  • Wings of Desire
  • The Graduate
  • 8½
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • Nostalgia

    ★★

  • Presence

  • Lola

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

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  • Presence

    Presence

    Terrible. Boring. Unbelievable actions and horrible dialogue. Not spooky or suspenseful in the least. Worst movie I’ve seen in decades.

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★★

    Ummm…
    What’s with all of the severe criticism of well done, different movies this year? It’s REALLY good! People have mentioned the direction  is not great, but seriously? It tries for a lot and the performances are stellar. Another film this year that swings for the fences.

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  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

    ★★

    It’s a train wreck of ideas, by the end…
    BUT I expected worse. In fact, most of it is pretty clear and straightforward as a story about the fall of a society, with some very eccentric characters. It’s also pretty slick filmmaking. Lots of old school in camera stuff! And a ton of crap that’s just nonsense! There’s a stunt in it that’s not pulled off well - at least I thought it was distracting. It’s such a blip in…

  • M

    M

    ★★★★★

    Wowsers! What is with the filmmaking here? This movie was made in ancient times when silent films were still in the moviehouses. It uses some of the same storytelling methods as a silent movie but still experiments with sound. It's nutso how they created the perfect set design and camera work for this black-and-white thrilling film.

    Peter Lorre plays the suspected Murderer. He's trying to get away from being caught. He's put on trial. It's that simple, and it's tension-filled…