mmikhail

mmikhail

Favorite films

  • The Matrix
  • Incendies
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • A Prophet

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  • The Conversation

    ★★★★★

  • Midnight Cowboy

    ★★★★

  • Late Spring

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

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  • The Conversation

    The Conversation

    ★★★★★

    This shit is cold

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

    A lot of people on here complaining that this doesn’t delve into who Dylan is or learn anything new about him, and I’m guessing these people are big fans of his that already know everything there is to know that’s available. He’s also infamous for being an enigma so not sure what they were expecting from this one.

    This is more a story about folk music than it is about Bob Dylan. Yes Bob is the main character but it’s…

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  • House of Sand and Fog

    House of Sand and Fog

    ★★

    Am I missing something? I feel like this film wants it to be difficult for me to choose sides since everything that ensues is due to the incompetence/greed of the government, and I even feel bad for Connelly’s character in the beginning, despite her own personal failings in taking responsibility for her own actions.

    But if you don’t open your mail from the state informing you that your house is up for auction for THREE MONTHS, then how the fuck…

  • Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass

    ★★★½

    Hayden Christensen must account for like 80% of the dialogue. His character’s attempts to conceal his lies through the distraction of his constant stammering, changing the subject, self serving pity make me want to scream at him to STOP FUCKING TALKING almost the entire way through, while Sarsgaard barely says a word. His character  merely stares back from behind those quiet placid eyes, almost silent, torturing me with the  wonder of what is going through his head as the lie…

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