Ryan Prendergast

Ryan Prendergast

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  • A Documentary, A Confession
  • ARSH

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Burning

    ★★★★

  • Rear Window

    ★★★★½

  • Bigger Than Life

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    Can’t believe they made a move based on Factorio. 

    It’s an objectively good movie with an objectively great premise. Robert Pattinson and Naomi Ackie are extraordinary. It falls flat, though, by insisting on over-the-top grotesque, idiot villains. To anyone getting their critical studies PhD looking for ideas: write the thesis “Performative Idiocy and the Path to Power”. This is a great example. Mickey 17, Triangle of Sadness, Homelander, Succession, I’m sure there are others. What’s the obsession with grotesque idiots…

  • Burning

    Burning

    ★★★★

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

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★

    An issue with a lot of biopics is there isn’t much of a story, just a montage of a linear progression of fame. “A Complete Unknown” suffers from this horribly. 

    Based on the book “Dylan goes electric” we see the story of Bob Dylan, from nobody to folk superstar to folk superstar who… plays electric guitar, to apparently great controversy. 

    The past is a foreign country, i get it i get it, but i just can’t care about the outcome.…

  • The Polar Express

    The Polar Express

    ★★★★

    "As i grow old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe."

    I love Santa Claus. A myth collectively performed for children, its literal falseness made metaphorically true by the performance. Who else but America would invent such elaborate kayfabe?

    Many things are Santa Claus. Social norms are Santa Claus. The Fiat Dollar is Santa Claus. Politics is Santa Claus. People who don't get Santa Claus, don't get politics. They don't want to be…

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