Nikkolaus

Nikkolaus

Favorite films

  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Parasite
  • The Farewell

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  • We Live in Time

    ★★★

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

  • Burning

  • Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

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  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

    ★★★

    Good film, incredible chemistry and performance between both Garfield and Pugh as expected.

    Not a fan of the nonlinear narrative as it barely affects my perception of the film. Also, I feel like films like this one should be more intentional about their casual dialogue if they want to found the film upon genuine connections and relationships, not half-assed lines of conversations in fleeting sequences. Another one of many aspects done for the sake of doing.

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Notice how the Bang Bang neon display still works fine.

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  • The Penguin

    The Penguin

    ★★½

    If you still had any doubt of HBO being unable to move on from The Sopranos, then The Penguin should be your ultimate conviction. I certainly wish this was praise for the show unfortunately it's quite the contrary.

    The show bordered on disappointing, especially for me, especially given the hype before watching, even from me — excited for a beloved Matt Reeves' Batman spin-off. It's barely ever certain which or whose story it tells, and when it does try hammer…

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★½

    First off, am I allowed to swear here? Because I stopped every ten minutes to cuss out how good this was. Faaaaaackkk, this was terrific.


    At some point I stopped to ask myself what the point of this life was? You wait all your life for something and it's over in just over 9300 seconds?
    Dune moved with guile, elegance and the arrogance of a film that knows its worth, knows it's shoo-in to rack up all and sundry in…

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