Alex

Alex

Favorite films

  • Gladiator
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Alien
  • Paddington 2

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  • Evil Dead II

    ★★★

  • The Evil Dead

    ★★★

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    ★★★★★

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★½

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  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

    ★★★★★

    I went into Paddington 2 blind. I hadn't seen any trailers, the previous film, or read any of the books. Not knowing what to expect, my friends and I saw this because we missed the movie we were planning on seeing.

    And boy am I glad we did.

    From the beginning, till the heartfelt end- Paddington 2 is delightful. It's good, clean fun- with classic old fashioned humor. Hugh Grant is phenomenal, and the entire film is paced beautifully.

    Every…

  • Tomb Raider

    Tomb Raider

    ★★½

    Was better than I was expecting, but still struggles to be unique.

    I was never interested in the Tomb Raider video games, having only played the 2013 reboot (which I enjoyed, but didn't fall in love with).

    Adapting a video game into a film is especially tough, they have to capture the feeling of discovery, tension, excitement, puzzle solving, and obstacles- and most important of all, the spirit present in the source material. Video Games also suffer from one dimensional…

  • Cars 3

    Cars 3

    ★★★

    A decent feel good animated film.

    Very enjoyable when compared to Cars 2, but the plot offered few twists.

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