rossnoir

rossnoir

Favorite films

  • Aliens
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Toy Story
  • Jurassic Park

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  • Jupiter Ascending

    ★★½

  • Ratatouille

    ★★★★½

  • The French Connection

    ★★★★

  • Snowpiercer

    ★★★½

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  • Jupiter Ascending

    Jupiter Ascending

    ★★½

    Absurd, but not quite as winningly so as I remembered. Also hard to believe this action was produced by the same people who gifted us The Matrix.

  • Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

    ★★★★½

    Maybe not Pixar's funniest when it was released, but maybe the most human and quietly profound. This, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3 is a staggering run.

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  • The French Connection

    The French Connection

    ★★★★

    You can almost feel the grime oozing out of the screen. Amazing how propulsive scenes that are essentially just a couple of people walking can be when put together well.

  • Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

    Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

    ★★★★★

    The rare modern doc that felt rich with further avenues to explore, rather than stretched thin. I would have loved more on Chase's relationships with the other writers/directors, or something on how later characters coped with joining this pressure cooker.

    What's covered is still enthralling, hilarious, and poignant. An embarrassment of riches in terms of contributers, all deftly interwoven to support the central thesis that not only did David pour himself into Tony, but that eventually the lines between David,…

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