James Doble

James Doble

I’m a painter and a musician and probably okay at other stuff too.

Favorite films

  • Drive
  • Blade Runner
  • Seven Samurai
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★★

  • Woman of the Hour

    ★★★★★

  • Speak No Evil

    ★★★★

  • In a Violent Nature

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★★

    As a pretty massive fan of the original 1979 film and its first sequel, I wasn't sure what to expect from this film. But it delivered, for me, on pretty much every level. Hands down the best sequel since Aliens, and atheistically possibly the best film in the entire franchise, in my opinion. And that’s high praise, I know.
    Some people have had a problem with the appearance or a particular character, and while I’m not sure how I feel…

  • Woman of the Hour

    Woman of the Hour

    ★★★★★

    Just really, really good in pretty much every aspect I can think of. If watching it makes people uncomfortable, I think that’s probably a good thing.

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  • In a Violent Nature

    In a Violent Nature

    Found this really disappointing, to be honest. I’m not the biggest fan of slashers to begin with, but I thought the whole conceit of the film might make it pretty interesting. That novelty wore off for me pretty quickly though, and besides a couple pretty nice looking shots, I really didn’t care for it. I understand what it was going for, but lampshading something as satire doesn’t excuse bad acting and horrible dialogue, especially not when the film and it’s marketing are advertising an elevated take on the genre.