George Philip

George Philip

Favorite films

  • Interstellar
  • La La Land
  • Oppenheimer
  • Past Lives

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Gladiator II

    ★★★½

  • Abigail

    ★★★

  • The Creator

    ★★★½

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★

    “My pain is unexceptional so i don’t feel the need to burden everybody with it.”

    Jesse Eisenberg manages to capture an incredible piece of artwork by introducing us into the crude world of carrying the burden of past pain and experiences and living vicariously with the aftermath. Many might not understand how this transcends from one generation to another, but Eisenberg captures this so incredibly well that you feel the emotions through the screen. 

    Emotions that are brought out by…

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★★½

    Everyone’s expectations and hopes jumping into this sequel 20 years later is asking the very question, “are we going to be entertained?” 

    Although the film maintains similar aspects from the first one, it still doesn’t have the drive Russel Crowe brought when he stepped into the colosseum to fight for strength and honor. Paul Mescal, an incredible lead, has a tough feat to follow and he does his best. I’d say the lackluster attempt to try and make this a…

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  • The Creator

    The Creator

    ★★★½

    What in the Rogue One is going on here?

    That was my initial reaction, perhaps it may seem like a derivative of a unique Star Wars spin off, the tone, the massive Death Star hovering over Asia, robot characters connecting with humans. Quite the contrary. The creativity towards developing a sci-fi dystopian films has a bar set so high since the days of Alien and Blade Runner, were presented with an entirely new concept where the villain isn’t technology but…

  • Abigail

    Abigail

    ★★★

    Kathryn Newton being asked to fetch garlic, but she brings a bag full of onions sums up our generation as a whole. 

    Although the film might be filled with bags of blood it lacks the sauce to make me shake as you’d expect for a horror film.