Oliver Cope

Oliver Cope

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Brazil
  • Chungking Express

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  • Once In A Lifetime: Argentina

  • MaXXXine

    ★★★

  • The Bikeriders

    ★★★½

  • Pearl

    ★★★½

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  • The Bikeriders

    The Bikeriders

    ★★★½

    Wowee what a compelling noble failure.

    So many things to be bemused by here, including the accents/vocal choices, the paper thin yet also leaden script, the limping narrative impetus for most of the film, the jumpiness of certain character choices, and the frequent uneasy balance between tones. Kathy does so much talking and yet her desires and involvement are so unknowable and mercurial.

    And yet there’s something here, really. Their world is portrayed so carefully, so adoringly, and the lead…

  • Captain Fantastic

    Captain Fantastic

    ★★★½

    Lots of nice passages, images and ideas, but loses a half star for the twee, indie folk rendition of sweet child o’ mine in the last act - has Matt Ross never seen Step Brothers!? Someone, anyone involved with the film should have said something

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  • Breathless

    Breathless

    ★★★★

    All about that second half / denouement bébé

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