Mike Roe

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Favorite films

  • Superman
  • Can't Hardly Wait
  • Back to the Future
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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  • Heretic

    ★★★★½

  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special

    ★★★★

  • Munich

    ★★★★

  • In the Shadow of the Cypress

    ★★★½

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  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★★½

    What a wonderful, thoughtful film about faith. Interesting how horror seems like the genre always ready to deal with theological issues.

    I feel like we should be a little less afraid when it comes to potentially offending people by saying something in a movie, and it's always nice to see when creators are allowed not to walk on eggshells.

  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special

    SNL50: The Anniversary Special

    ★★★★

    Solid anniversary special with some wonderful reunion moments. Point deduction for folks showing up with COVID and obviously giving it to others.

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  • Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

    Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

    ★★★½

    The worldbuilding lives up to the hype! A cool putting together the team story, a la some of my favorite comic book issues.

    Feels like it was possibly designed more for digital than film, as seeing it on 70 millimeter, I had questions about the cinematography — curious to see how it looks on digital.

    Some legit inventive ship design, creatures, worlds, character backgrounds, etc. I would've liked to see the non-physical weapons have more of a recoil effect to…

  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

    ★★★★★

    Beautiful animation, a fable with wisdom that hits right in the feels if you’re not too cynical.

    Also, the Mole is voiced by the evil older gay character from this season’s White Lotus and he’s a delight.