SamDukefan

SamDukefan

Favorite films

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Reds
  • Hunger
  • American Honey

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  • Shutter Island

    ★★★★★

  • Little Women

    ★★★★★

  • A History of Violence

    ★★★★½

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    ★★★★½

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  • Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    ★★★★★

    Some cite this on the lower end of their Scorsese rankings. I personally think that is insane. It is one of his greatest films, top 3 for me no doubt about it. All of the acting is amazing, (Leo definitely should have received an Oscar for this performance), the story is perfectly constructed and the audience receives no dull moments whatsoever. This is just another example of what the legendary Martin Scorsese can do, and reminds us that we are currently living through film history.

  • Little Women

    Little Women

    ★★★★★

    I really wasn’t expecting this much of a film. I saw a mid 90s Winona Rider movie and thought it would be decent at best. Yeah, not what happened.

    This movie totally blew me away. Winona Rider and Christian Bale steal the show as two main characters who go through major developments, and Susan Sarandon and a young Kirsten Dunst give amazing performances as well. 

    Throughout the film, I could feel the characters and what they were feeling. That along with the amazing cast, acting, writing, and screenplay make for a movie that I just have to recommend, even to those who don’t like dramas.

  • A History of Violence

    A History of Violence

    ★★★★½

    From David Cronenberg, A History of Violence finds Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), a small-town diner owner, saving his establishment from two thugs. This creates commotion, and he is suddenly thrust into the spotlight. He seems to be all anyone wants to know/talk about, including mobster Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris). Fogarty claims that Stall was in fact part of a dangerous life of crime before he became an ordinary man. Tom Stall now has to confront his old life of crime,…

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    ★★★★½

    The 9th film from Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follows struggling actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) adjusting to the new age of filmmaking in Hollywood in the late 1960s. Co-starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie as his friend/stunt double and his next-door neighbor, Dalton falls only to rise again as one of the most prominent actors in Hollywood. 


    Tarantino brings back DiCaprio and Pitt, along Margot Robbie for his take on Hollywood in the late 1960s. Also…