Will come back and revise later, but: so very good. I went in expecting to be mildly entertained; instead, I found it hilarious and tender and just brilliant.
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Underwater 2020
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This was an excellent last two-thirds of a horror film. Pity they couldn't find the first third.
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The Dark 2005
After finishing this film I had to look up the director, because I wanted to know who could manage to make something this mediocre. It turns out that John Fawcett previously directed the excellent "Ginger Snaps" and is a creator, producer and director for the amazing "Orphan Black." I can only presume he did this during some Percoset-addled period of his life.
THE GOOD: The plot is interesting, where the traces of a 20th century suicide cult are woven with…
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The Neon Demon 2016
Man, I wanted to like this film. It has gorgeous visuals, the score is great, the pacing is just the right sort of languid (reflected in Elle Fanning's opaque performance), the dialogue is stripped to the bare essentials, Fanning and Malone give remarkable performances, blurring the line between character and archetype...
And then, somewhere around the 3/4ths mark, Refn pulls out a candy-apple-red sledgehammer with chrome trim and smashes the audience repeatedly over the head while screeching "I AM BEING…
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