Rory Kinghan

Rory Kinghan Pro

Music guy / film MA / militant Shyamalan defender

Favorite films

  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • Inland Empire
  • Days of Being Wild
  • Prince of Darkness

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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    ★★★★★

  • GoodFellas

    ★★★★½

  • The Conversation

    ★★★★

  • Miracle Mile

    ★★★★½

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  • Miracle Mile

    Miracle Mile

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Vox Lux

    Vox Lux

    ★★★★

    Jude Law? More like Juul Law...

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  • Creep 2

    Creep 2

    Somehow worse than its predecessor.
    Fine, it’s more violent but it is so much more meandering and there is even less tension than the first one.
    Mark Duplass: the only good thing about the first film, STINKS IN THIS ONE. He’s trying too hard this time and becomes completely absurd.
    Sara was dreadful and her motives made no sense at all.
    Ending was so stupid.
    There was no need for this to be made, it just makes the whole concept of the first film feel so implausible and removes any shred of realism.

  • Klute

    Klute

    ★★★★★

    Floored me a little.
    Could be plotless - everything is a dead end. Pakula purposely under-develops any real plotting of the 'mystery.' I believe this is evident from the set up in the first scene - why else would a film be so blunt and disinterested with its inciting incident? Instead, we drift with an astounding Fonda and Sutherland through the seediest corners of the city, to the coldest of beds, where something tender is and isn't found.
    Such a…