Ryan Perkins

Ryan Perkins

Favorite films

  • Hot Fuzz
  • Paddington 2
  • The Thing
  • Pan's Labyrinth

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  • Hot Frosty

    ★½

  • Heretic

    ★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★★

  • Trap

    ★½

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  • Hot Frosty

    Hot Frosty

    ★½

    Some premium holiday hallmark coded garbage

    Gets an extra half point for using the “Born Sexy Yesterday” trope on a himbo snowman. Recommend watching inebriated for kicks

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    The first hour of the movie is some of the most tension I’ve felt in a theater in a while. Hugh Grant plays a fantastic villain and was an inspired casting choice. Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East do a great job themselves as the trapped sisters, and I thought the dynamic between all three was gripping. 

    My biggest critique is that after that first hour, things trend a bit downhill. I think the premise of the movie outweighed its third…

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  • Kinds of Kindness

    Kinds of Kindness

    ★★★★

    Lanthimos is back to his bag with this one, feeling like it belongs in conversations with The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer more than Poor Things or The Favorite. 

    Still, the anthology bounced between hilarity and horror throughout, and a wonderful ensemble cast helps bring the unconventional and twisted stories to life in a way that kept me constantly engrossed in the bizarre, unsettling worlds of the movie. 

    I’m finding trouble completely linking the themes of the…

  • Speak No Evil

    Speak No Evil

    ★★★

    The movie was well acted, well shot, and I enjoyed it overall though I can’t help but feel it falls into the good not great category of horror flicks. A very well executed, but very familiar movie. 

    Aside from McAvoy’s great sociopathic performance, I thought Mackenzie Davis did a great job as Louise and led the way in making the main family dynamic feel very authentic which isn’t something you can say about every horror flick.

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