alex

alex

lover of american crime thrillers, sci-fi, and tragic love stories

Favorite films

  • Frances Ha
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Y Tu Mamá También
  • Blue Valentine

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  • The Long Goodbye

  • Happy Together

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Raging Bull

    ★★★★

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  • The Long Goodbye

    The Long Goodbye

    Philip Marlowe is too smooth. Too many good quips to count.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Mickey 18 was so Travis Bickle coded

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  • The French Dispatch

    The French Dispatch

    I actually didn’t see it but I got into an accident on my way to the theater so one star for that

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    Denis Villeneuve knocked Dune: Part One out of the park and I can’t emphasize that enough. With Part Two, he turns things up by various notches.

    The story becomes so much darker and he nails the tone perfectly with his directing. Everyone is at the top of their game— Austin Butler in particular. The Harkonnen are nastier and more revolting than ever; the art department deserves so much praise for helping convey that. 

    The movie plays with and masters scale, closeups,…