r1cho

r1cho

Favorite films

  • First Reformed
  • The Prestige
  • Aliens

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  • Million Dollar Baby

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    ★★★

  • Men

    ★★★

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★

    Not the scariest, nor the craziest, nor a profoundly moving watch but nonetheless a treat from start to end for a while - greatly paced, darkly humorous, a clever and unpredictable plot (just avoid the trailers), solid performances (Thatcher and Quaid of course the two standouts) no real nitpicks. Zach Cregger is but a producer for this film but like Barbarian; a genuinely refreshing slice of horror-adjacent cinema blending together the bonkers, the brutal and the "biting" commentary (i.e. holy shit, men fucking suck)

  • The Driver

    The Driver

    ★★★

    Really wish I could enjoy it more tbh* (perhaps a second viewing required)
    The 'cat and mouse' plot is good and trim with some solid injections of wit, there's really no nitpicks or criticisms I can make of it, the cinematography is solid as are the performances, action set pieces are excellent...

    But yeah despite it being a technically very well made film, I just found it lacking.
    It doesn't exactly find it's own unique style - the film is…

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  • Eraserhead

    Eraserhead

    ★★★★★

    Fucking wow. RIP David Lynch
    In Heaven, Everything is Fine

  • On the Silver Globe

    On the Silver Globe

    ★★★★

    Certainly an (if unfinished) sci-fi epic; a perhaps confused and crammed meditation on religion, humanity's innate predisposition to grandeur and destruction and countless facets of human nature and philosophy. Given the story behind the film (which is thankfully explained in text), it's disjointedness plus an obtuse, densely layered plot that simultaneously does and does not present a Bible allegory, this film will be alienating to many and certainly it does demand a lot of attention (even when putting the subtitle…

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