Scott Shoemaker

Scott Shoemaker

Seattle performer, musician and occasional video creator. I love everything from the avant-garde to The Avengers!

Favorite films

  • Poison
  • Top Secret!
  • Funeral Parade of Roses
  • The Royal Tenenbaums

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  • The Abduction of the Sun and the Moon

    ★★★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★½

  • Le Petit Soldat

    ★★½

  • The Lady from Shanghai

    ★★★½

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  • Gun Crazy

    Gun Crazy

    ★★★★

    Amazing cinematography.

  • Magical Mystery Tour

    Magical Mystery Tour

    ★★

    I had secondhand embarrassment for The Beatles.

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  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

    ★★★

    Really interesting until the awful ending.

  • Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

    ★★★

    Overall, I really enjoyed this film. The first 3/4 was very successful in creating a real sense of desperation and suspense. I didn't feel the resolution was especially satisfactory though. It left quite a few questions unanswered, which can often be fine, but in this case it left a few too many. I just didn't feel the ending lived up to the stakes that were setup in the beginning. Fantastic performances all around though. However, Kirsten Dunst playing a dowdy mother made me feel very old--I was graduating from high school when she was the impish vamp in Interview with a Vampire! She was great though.