Ryan Kirk

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Favorite films

  • Blue Velvet
  • Seven Samurai
  • The Wild Bunch
  • Clifford

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  • The Secret of the Grain

    ★★★½

  • Snitch

    ★★

  • The Quiet Man

    ★★★★★

  • The Cloud-Capped Star

    ★★★★

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  • Snitch

    Snitch

    ★★

    This film wants to be a smart drama about federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. 

    It also wants to be a dark action movie starring The Rock. 

    But it spends so much time on the former (all while saying far less than one could read about in any 5 minute think piece on the internet) that it forgets to be much of an action movie. But if you’re not gonna be much of an action movie…why does this star The Rock?  

    Great supporting cast though. They took a swing. They got the ingredients. But never found the right mix.

  • Private Crimes

    Private Crimes

    ★★★

    A Sergio Martino/Edwige Fenech giallo miniseries with a score that screams Twin Peaks. It’s solid. But if they were going for Twin Peaks, they didn’t really come close. Your time would be better served watching 4 other Martino or Fenech giallos.

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  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

    I hate the foundation this film is laid on. It’s a complete fantasy scenario that seems to say “Hey wouldn’t it be fucked up if kids just lied about sexual assault.  Wouldn’t that be terrible if that happened?  It would totally just ruin a man’s life.”

    The film is well directed and well acted. And I’d be willing to give the premise some slack if there was some discernible message behind the whole thing. Instead I’m just left with a terrible taste in my mouth and I can’t help but wonder how this film would’ve been received in a world more educated by the MeToo movement.

  • Navy Seals

    Navy Seals

    ★★

    Clerks brought me here. 

    Imagine Top Gun but without any fun or charm.