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owen2real

Favorite films

  • Mean Streets
  • Lost in Translation
  • Rushmore
  • Gomorrah

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  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

  • Angel Heart

  • Thief

    ★★★★

  • Brooklyn's Finest

    ★★★½

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  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

    Absolute banger, easily the best movie we’ve watched in my film class this year. I love Eternal Sunshine and I have for some time specifically because it’s truly a different movie depending on the mood you’re in when you watch it. It’s such a unique and fresh take on “romantic” movies even though it came out years ago. In a way it makes me grateful for any pain or turmoil I’ve had to go through with relationships that have turned…

  • Angel Heart

    Angel Heart

    I was shocked to see that Angel Heart has a rating of 3.6 stars on Letterboxd. Different strokes for different folks but this is probably one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. The only two movies I’ve ever walked out of were that one Michael Jackson documentary that came out right after he died and the Baz Luhrmann Great Gatsby (I was in middle school and wanted to play the games in the lobby, plus I’m not a fan…

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  • Moonstruck

    Moonstruck

    ★★★★

    Moonstruck, originally described to me as “maybe the only movie where the cheating is justified”, is so much more than one would imagine a Nicolas Cage and Cher – again, CHER AND NIC CAGE! – romantic comedy could be. The romantic tone of the film is established in the introduction credits as we are shown atmospheric shots of an empty Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. We then meet our star Loretta, played by Cher, at dinner with her…

  • Citizen X

    Citizen X

    ★★★★

    I had NO idea this was a made for tv movie before, during, or even immediately after viewing. My girlfriend and I watched it together on her recommendation (a law student who is interested in true crime movies) and I went into it with the most average of all expectations. However, I was shocked by how absolutely underrated this thriller is and what a talented and well-rounded group of actors is cast in it. The general theme of Soviet era…

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