samswartz

samswartz

Favorite films

  • Her
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Jurassic Park

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  • Anora

    ★★★★

  • Twisters

    ★★★½

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★

    Happy Oscars everyone!!! Please enjoy a series of thoughts throughout Anora:

    - Why was "I'm serious, and I said it twicely" kind of a bar?
    - I did, in fact, pull out Google Translate cuz I was getting FOMO from some scenes.
    - Okay, tbf, did she really think that the home was his and not his parents..?
    - Phenomenal opening half that draws the viewer in and makes the next half really powerful, though I think literally one more…

  • Twisters

    Twisters

    ★★★½

    Do we think when they called the tornado wranglers "hill billies with a YouTube channel," that it was a subliminal commentary on the class divide between people with the same interests, like pickleball?

    I'm actually really impressed with and enjoying the videography and framing throughout -- it definitely carried.

    I do wonder if this movie passes the Bechtel test. Sam from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs did GREAT in this live action remake!

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  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★★½

    Wait I'm sorry, but if it was ME in 180 A.D. Rome, I would ABSOLUTELY be going to the Colosseum wine drunk and watching that shit go down... #SorryNotSorry

  • Smile

    Smile

    ★★★

    I mean... Maybe if she just smiled more