Darin

Darin

Favorite films

  • Batman Begins
  • Bullet Train
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Matrix

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  • Wreck-It Ralph

    ★★★★★

  • Ne Zha

    ★★★★

  • Lone Wolf McQuade

    ★★★½

  • Terrifier

    ★★½

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  • Wreck-It Ralph

    Wreck-It Ralph

    ★★★★★

    This is another movie that's kinda perfect. So much humor is character and story driven. The plot is streamlined and can be explained easily. The characters are multiple shades without being complex. It is an incredible Disney film.
    Good animation? Check, the art style will last for decades. Good voice acting? Roger, there isn't a standout because they're all great. Good music? Absolutely, Jackman is mostly in the background but goes hard when he wants us to feel something, and…

  • Ne Zha

    Ne Zha

    ★★★★

    I love when something comes along and shows the world they've been sleeping on a kind of regional content. For Asian-specific examples, look at Spirited Away for Japan, Parasite for South Korea, and recently Ne Zha 2 in China.
    I was compelled to watch Ne Zha as its sequel continued to break most box office records. And when I finally got the chance, I...wasn't sure what I was watching.
    In many ways, this is like a Dreamworks movie in terms…

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  • The Andromeda Strain

    The Andromeda Strain

    ★★½

    This made me realize, there is such a thing as being TOO book-accurate.
    My cousin described this best: it is procedural. Not A procedural, though you could describe it that way too. It is simply ponderously slow, setting up premise, characters, stakes, lore, developments and climax in slow, exacting steps. I didn't think they would include such a throw-away bit as the sexagenarian with a sultry voice, but they did. I didn't think they'd show every shot of a robot…

  • Randy Writes a Novel

    Randy Writes a Novel

    ★★★★★

    This is it. Randy's greatest work outside of the Black and White Song.
    In all seriousness, I always hope Randy can top this for me. But this currently stands as my favorite special he's ever done. No reused material like Last Temptation, no timeline stuff like Privilege, no awkward crowd work like Sober or Druggles, and certainly no framing device struggles like Feltopia. Every word here is the final draft of this tour, every bit is funny, every moment of…

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