Rhys Paine

Rhys Paine

Host of Franchise Killer podcast

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Parasite
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Night of the Hunter

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  • Smile 2

    ★★★★

  • Due Date

    ★★★½

  • Inside Out 2

    ★★★

  • Lamb

    ★★½

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  • Smile 2

    Smile 2

    ★★★★

    An actual Oscar-worthy performance from Naomi Scott.

  • Due Date

    Due Date

    ★★★½

    Every letterboxd review has probably said it already, but this is Planes, Trains and Automobiles with a mean streak...and I was mostly here for it! Downey Jr. Is just so damn good. Perhaps one of the best working actors today at reaction shots. My main issue with the film is that Galifianakis' behaviour borders on the criminally insane and almost makes him irredeemable, but it still got me there in the end.

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  • The Crow

    The Crow

    ★★½

    The latest victim of dogpiling. All these 1-star reviews, I mean I get it, it's sort of a dopamine hit to give a movie such a low score when it opens the door for you to do so, but let's be honest, it's hardly a complete failure. While this film is incredibly flawed, and mostly because of its languid, ponderous pacing in the first two acts, it features a knock-down-drag-out finale that depicts such glorious, operatic (literally) violence that it…

  • Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    ★★★★½

    Was Good Will Hunting made because of the phrase "wicked smaht", or did Good Will Hunting popularize it? Real Bostonian chicken or the egg situation here.

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