Kyle

Kyle

I got a film degree and now I have an unrelated job and use letterboxd too much. Only logging films watched since I joined (2022)

Favorite films

  • Double Indemnity
  • Before Sunrise
  • The Fast and the Furious
  • The Crow

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Mr. Turner

    ★★★★★

  • Capote

    ★★★★

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★★

    Like having my soul ripped out and stared at for 90 minutes. I cried. Masterpiece.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    It's Bong Joon Ho, of course it's good. Couldn't help feeling a little disappointed though. Mark Ruffalo occupies the Tilda Swinton role here but his performance is a little too "SNL Trump" for me.

    It felt like retreading old ground a bit, like Bong put Okja & Snowpiercer in a blender. Subtlety may be thrown to the wind but Robert Pattinson has arguably never been better, and gets to do some fantastic physical comedy here.

    I love the way the human…

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  • The Batman

    The Batman

    ½

    From what I'd heard leading up to The Batman's release, I thought DC had abandoned their useless attempts to create an extended universe. Apparently not. Instead, we got an over-long meandering story with plenty of inconsequential scenes intended to set up a sequel with the 50th iteration of The Joker and a HBO Max series about The Penguin.

    Not only that, but every decision a character made in this movie made absolutely no sense. A bomb in a parcel? Better…

  • Evil Dead Rise

    Evil Dead Rise

    ★★

    Was crazy excited to catch a preview screening with Q&A with Lee Cronin, who is an incredibly funny and charming man. The film, however, was disappointing. I'd heard people saying "gore-fest" and "bloodbath" so I expected something even more balls to the wall than the 2013 remake.

    It did not live up to expectation. It's actually pretty tame for an Evil Dead film?

    The vinyl scene was cool, and the much-hyped cheese-grater moment is fun but is also only really…