shady_07

shady_07

Favorite films

  • The Holdovers
  • Oppenheimer

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  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★½

  • Collateral

    ★★★★★

  • Miami Vice

    ★★★★

  • Rushmore

    ★★★★

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  • Paint Drying

    Paint Drying

    have had writers block for a while but i will finish leftover reviews and actually like start watching stuff again

  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    ★★★★½

    two weeks removed from my viewing experience so i won’t write my actual review here, but i plan on rewatching it soon and will definitely have more to say. just a wonderful, visually dazzling, inventive, and deeply moving twist on the pinocchio story. maybe it’s just because i stumbled across it at 12:30 while channel surfing, but i was absolutely blown away. of spielberg’s many masterpieces, a.i. might just be his best.

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  • Madame Web

    Madame Web

    ★★

    yeah you heard me

    this is not a good movie — in fact, it’s quite bad — but it’s one with SOME KIND of a vision. whether the influence of campy 2000s comic book movies/final destination(?) was intentional or not (i think it was), it adds a level of entertainment that overpowers the forced cinematic universe setups, and made me feel ALIVE. every second is bizarre, from the writing (“sorry scrooge, you can’t change the future”), to the editing, to…

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    ★★★★½

    of the original indiana jones films, last crusade has a reputation for being the least ambitious, and it’s not undeserved. raiders of the lost ark and temple of doom both stood out for their wonderful setpieces and serial-influenced tones that, while corny, still largely took themselves seriously. however, temple of doom was criticized for its dark tone, and for the third installment, lucas and spielberg went for a much lighter tone, creating a film with wall-to-wall action, a similar plot to raiders (involving a race…