samtinkley

samtinkley

“Tomorrow the sun will rise, who knows what the tide will bring in”

Favorite films

  • The Sting
  • One Hour Photo
  • The Searchers
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • Captain Phillips

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party

    ★★★★

  • The World's End

    ★★★½

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  • Captain Phillips

    Captain Phillips

    ★★★★½

    Lord knows where Hanks’ Oscar nom was for this film.

    An incredibly tactile and grounded production from Paul Greengrass. A very rare instance where you forget you’re actually watching a film as things seamlessly blend into a documentary-like format.

    White knuckled the entire way through and it concludes with such a satisfying emotional punch it makes rewatching the film again all the more worth it.

    Very underrated.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    A clever, satirical social commentary at a time that seems more relevant than ever.

    Beautiful to look at and an excellently realised world stand on a brilliant performance by Robert Pattinson.

    It’s very refreshing to see filmmakers, like Bong Joon Ho, being given large budgets to make something that feels unique amongst a very ‘samey’ convey belt of films in the current climate.

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  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    ★★

    SUCH WASTED POTENTIAL

    For the first half, the film genuinely had me. Though in excess, the musical numbers were kinda cool, surreal and fit the jokers twisted romanticised relationship with Harley.

    However the second half, COMPLETELY undoes anything the first half (or even the first film for that matter) set up. It’s a film that sparks an ideas that never leave the kindling phase, only to be spat on by the end, leading to an incredibly unsatisfying conclusion.

    It’s almost…

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★★

    Best film of the year so far.

    The film is as much about tennis as whiplash is about drumming. Loved the obsessive sub-theme underneath a very engaging love triangle.

    Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Co. Cooked a fantastic, mayhem-fuelled soundtrack which fit the aesthetic to a T.

    Luca Guadagnino is officially one of the new greats. Can’t wait to see what else he does for films current generation.

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