MortPen

MortPen

Favorite films

  • Apocalypse Now
  • Blade Runner
  • Moonage Daydream
  • 8½

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  • Heretic

    ★★★½

  • Civil War

    ★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • Salem's Lot

    ★½

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  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★½

    I mean, he's right, but he didn't have to be such an asshole about it, y'know?

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★½

    An exercise in complete political cowardice. A movie that is content to say "Man, this all sucks, doesn't it? Wouldn't it be awful if this happened here?" with a centrist "No side is good in war" message without delving into why the conflict is happening, or giving any motivation to anything that occurs. The Trump-coded president isn't even on screen for more than a minute and his party affiliation or what he believes at all is unknown. The result is…

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  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★★

    The Zone Of Interest is a kind of abject horror that is difficult to comprehend. You aren't witnessing an atrocity head-on, but it is a companion to every shot, and occupies a place in your mind like a slow dagger and your chest like a vice.
    The Zone is Auschwitz, 1943, and the setting is primarily the home of Rudolf Höss, commandant of the camp, and his family right next door.
    When he is not overseeing mass murder, Höss takes…

  • Child of God

    Child of God

    Man, James Franco sucks. Leave Faulkner and McCarthy alone.

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