Leah Roehn

Leah Roehn

Favorite films

  • Thief
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch
  • The Exorcist III

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  • Better Man

    ★★★★

  • The Night Comes for Us

    ★★★★

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  • Better Man

    Better Man

    ★★★★

    Im not one for biopics for how they tend to sacrifice a compelling story and the conflict around it for the sake of satiating the egos of those involved. Better Man gives 0 fucks about this as Williams himself makes it abundantly clear from the very first line that he is a massive egotistical prick. His ego quite literally makes him the villain of his own story. His narration taken from interviews led by director Michael Gracey show a level…

  • The Night Comes for Us

    The Night Comes for Us

    ★★★★

    Despite a story that would have best been left more simplistic to tighten the runtime a bit, The Night Comes For Us more than makes up for it with brutal, electric violence in its beautifully choreographed “grab what you can and make it work” action sequences. 

    Pacing issues fly out the window as Tjahjanto crafts each fight with intent, knowing exactly when to compliment the chaos with dynamic camerawork and when to give the crescendo of a particularly splatter-y (to…

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