Michael Grimes

Michael Grimes

I like garbage, but I guess I like good movies too

Favorite films

  • Freaks
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  • The Royal Tenenbaums

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  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

  • Longlegs

    ★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★½

  • The Wicker Man

    ★★★★½

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  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★★

    Longlegs was good, just kind of shaky marketing that overshadowed the film imo. Cool story that I read as being about trauma, but I can see why there was no mentioned of Nick Cage in the ads. He does the Nick Cage thing and I’m not sure if I was there for it. Awesome cinematography and use of different aspect ratios - the one shot where it changes from academy to widescreen is sick.

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    What the fuck did I just watch? I loved it.

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  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer

    ★★★★

    I had been wanting to watch Snowpiercer for nearly 10 years. Unfortunately, I hesitated because I heard it was “mediocre and boring”. Bad move on my part. Parasite might be a better film (haven’t seen it - sorry) but clearly it wasn’t Bong Joon Ho’s first foray with socioeconomic commentary.

    Apart from a few iffy special effects shots, everything in here looks great. Cool character designs, everything seems so lived in and thought through. My only issue being concepts tend…

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