Nicorowland

Nicorowland

Favorite films

  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Badlands
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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  • Companion

    ★★★★

  • Monkey Man

    ★★

  • LA 92

    ★★★★★

  • Around India with a Movie Camera

    ★★★★

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★

    Loved it !

  • Monkey Man

    Monkey Man

    ★★

    Had so so so so much promise. The action sequences were fun.

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  • All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers

    ★★★★★

    Ultimately, I really liked this film. Devastating tear jerker with brilliant performances from all but particularly Andrew Scott and Claire Foy.  Brings to mind Andrew Haigh’s Weekend and Paul Mescal’s performance / character in Aftersun. 

    It’s staggering just on how many levels the movie operates - ghost story, love story, study of male loneliness, study of grief, queer estrangement, parental relationships - Haigh puts it all in and manages to deliver something truly special - the film’s magic sauce is…

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★

    It meanders through various cinematic set pieces that don’t logically hold together. Some of these are great - E.g Jesse Plemons scene, but most are empty because we’re literally never told what’s going on and the protagonists are mostly unlikeable. ‘Civil War’ backdrop just feels like a marketing tactic to guarantee box office success. 
    Kept reminding me of how great a film Children of Men is. It’s also a road movie set in a dystopian near-future that uses real world photojournalistic imagery to much greater effect.

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