Alan Thompson

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"Movies make me want to be dead." - Mike Stoklasa

Favorite films

  • Spider-Man 2
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • The Great Race
  • Hot Fuzz

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  • The Apartment

    ★★★★½

  • The Final Conflict

    ★½

  • High and Low

    ★★★★★

  • Galaxy Quest

    ★★★★

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  • Roar

    Roar

    ★½

    I have honestly rarely felt as anxious watching a movie as I did watching Roar.
    The people behind this movie were truly insane and subjected themselves to multiple maulings all in the name of art. And make no mistake, these lions and tigers were totally unpredictable and it was clear to see the fear in the actors eyes at points.
    The story was pretty weak and was clearly worked around just having an ungodly amount of wild animals to point…

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  • The Apartment

    The Apartment

    ★★★★½

    So well written, directed, and acted. I loved it!
    Jack Lemmon absolutely nailed this; he's funny but also kinda sad, and it really gave his character great depth. He and Shirley MacLaine has great chemistry.
    I went into this pretty blind and was surprised at the turn the story took about halfway through, but was still totally onboard.
    I was dialogue was still this sharply written.

  • The Final Conflict

    The Final Conflict

    ★½

    This just had absolutely no momentum at all and dragged despite its relatively short runtime.
    Sam Neil was giving it his best shot but Damien as an adult just isn't as interesting as kid Damien. He went from evil, conniving, weird little kid to...regular everyday politician? I'm exaggerating a little bit but that's what it felt like.
    It was surprisingly dark in the last third which I give it credit for but I was basically half mentally checked out by then.

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  • The Boogeyman

    The Boogeyman

    ★★

    Kinda like a checklist horror film. A lot of scares but not much substance.
    Characters made odd choices that seemed bizarre under the circumstances.
    Little girl, if you are so afraid of the dark why play PlayStation with no other light source at night?

  • Cocaine Bear

    Cocaine Bear

    ★★½

    How do you fumble a movie called Cocaine Bear?