Ryan Callahan

Ryan Callahan

Favorite films

  • Hatari!
  • Jackie Brown
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • Yokohama BJ Blues

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  • Night Moves

    ★★★★

  • Tremors: Shrieker Island

    ★★★

  • Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell

    ★★½

  • Tremors 5: Bloodlines

    ★★½

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  • Men at Work

    Men at Work

    ½

    The half of a star is for Keith David and Dean Cameron.

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

    ★★★★★

    Max Cherry's review of The Delfonics is unmatched in any form of criticism for accuracy, candor, timing, and delivery.

    "They're pretty good."

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  • Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    ★★★★

    Sam Fuller in his prime here. The man knew how to tell a story. He keeps this one moving. Crackling dialogue. One hell of a brawl in a subway station. And a unique way to keep your beer cold and your stolen secrets safe.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★

    The use of Generative AI to create the architectural drawings in the thudding literal epilogue is the thudding literal metaphor for this thudding literal film. The Statue of Liberty is upside down! Rapacious capitalists rape! 

    If you told me they fed There Will Be Blood, The Master, Tree of Life, Alexander Rublev, The Seventh Seal, Shame, and The Fountainhead into ChatGPT to create the script I would believe it. 

    The film moves, looks good, has some fantastic performances, but lacks…

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