Peter Welch

Peter Welch

"Peter likes movies—it's his only discernable trait"

Favorite films

  • A Serious Man
  • La La Land
  • The Last Picture Show
  • Malignant

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  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★

  • Fresh

    ★★★

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    ★★★★

  • A Different Man

    ★★

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  • The Wild Robot

    The Wild Robot

    ★★★

    The robot tells the bear that it shouldn't hunt—it should be friends with its prey. But this strikes me as bad advice.

  • Fresh

    Fresh

    ★★★

    The concept is great, but its execution just missed the mark. I didn’t think the leads had enough chemistry to sell the initial romance. The tension later in the movie is interesting because it is a twist on that first spark. When the spark didn’t quite work, the rest suffered. But I have to respect a cool premise and some hammy Sebastian Stan moments.

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  • Chicago

    Chicago

    ★★★★★

    Chicago is one of one. It’s a spectacle - at times constructed like a stage play and at other times constructed like a movie. It takes all the magic of the movies and the magic of Broadway and packages them together.

    Beneath the surface, the movie has a simple message: life is showbusiness and showbusiness is life.

    As Billy Flynn says, trial work is just showbusiness - and hell - so is everything else. Trials are an exercise in finding…

  • Bottoms

    Bottoms

    ★★★★

    Post-irony has arrived at the movies, and it looks good.

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