Ryan Falcheck

Ryan Falcheck

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Jaws
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Ghostbusters

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  • Waking Life

    ★★★

  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    ★★½

  • SubUrbia

    ★★★

  • Piglet's Big Movie

    ★★

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  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

    ★★★

    I wish I could say that I wasn’t restless, or that I was utterly captivated for the entire run time, but that wouldn’t be the truth. Sitting through this is kind of like watching an hour and a half lecture that’s delivered at approximately the same speed for most of the duration (in the vein of certain Soderbergh films). Fortunately, the artsy look and stylistic direction is worth a watch, if nothing else than for dazzling images and semi thought…

  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    ★★½

    More structural issues with Linklater. Pacing and timing is way off. We spend over an hour building up to the actual incident that triggers the true advertised plot, filled with some good protagonist character building, though none of the other people really got developed much. It was just too much lead in. There were things about the story I liked and related to, despite certain elements that felt unrealistic, and I mostly cared for the players involved, but so much…

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  • Drive My Car

    Drive My Car

    ½

    I knew about a third of the way in that this was going to be one of those heavily five star rated deals, as I rolled my eyes, fervently, while watching the B roll footage monstrosity before me. Sure enough, everyone on Earth is obsessed with it. “Look at the pretty art, isn’t it pretty, this art”? “It’s so artsy, it has to be amazing. Darn, it’s good”.

    Now, if you felt something for this, more power to you. I’m…

  • Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

    Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

    ★★★★

    Train wreck you can’t look away from. Unpleasant in the best, saddest, and most entertaining way.

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