philmis

philmis

Favorite films

  • Star Wars
  • Whiplash
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Blade Runner 2049

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  • Nosferatu

    ★★★½

  • Twisters

    ★★

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★½

    Robert Eggers delivers a faithful adaptation of 𝒩𝑜𝓈𝒻𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝓊 while also providing his unique and expanded rendition of the gothic tale, making it more graphic, erotic, complex and disturbing. 
    The film is wonderfully shot, with cinematography, camerawork, and lighting—especially the use of shadows and color schemes—masterfully orchestrated with great passion and care.
    The acting is notable, particularly Bill Skarsgård’s transformation and evocative performance as Count Orlok, and Lily-Rose Depp’s emotional and physical commitment to her powerhouse performance.
    While Eggers admirably expands…

  • Twisters

    Twisters

    ★★

    Lee Isaac Chung’s 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 is surprisingly a bland film that has little cinematic magic and experience to offer. Despite a few somewhat fun and rowdy moments of characterization, there is unfortunately no sense of immersion to this film due to its stagnant story, uninteresting characters that have little to no character development, and awfully generic and uninspired writing, cinematography, editing, score, visuals, etc. Not one of these aspects of filmmaking are executed creatively or remarkably enough to actually reel you…

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