Tommy Cook

Tommy Cook

I watch everything... it's a problem.

Favorite films

  • Claire's Knee
  • Brazil
  • Videodrome
  • The Draughtsman's Contract

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • F Marry Kill

    ★½

  • Borderline

  • Novocaine

    ★★★½

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  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

    I’ve been one of the lone defenders of the Russo’s ‘streaming era’ films (Cherry is an ambitious misfire; and The Gray Man is far more fun than people give it credit for) — and yet even I can’t go to bat for this one. Painfully stilted and, to be frank, just down-right lazy, The Electric State feels less like a movie than an elaborate ‘The Producers’ level tax scheme. I mean, I don’t mean to be hyperbolic — but this…

  • The Tomorrow Man

    The Tomorrow Man

    A pretty annoying time travel ‘Christmas Carol’ riff. Corbin Bernsen plays what just might be the most unlikable protagonist of any film. Ever. And I’m not being hyperbolic. Bernsen’s more unlikeable here than when he played the homicidal psycho dentist in, well, The Dentist.

    Honestly, I’m not sure why I watched this as within ten minutes I knew this was going to annoy me to the point of getting a splitting migraine. And sure enough, now I have a fucking headache.

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  • Nose to Tail

    Nose to Tail

    ★★★½

    I got a soft spot for films about mean, ultra-demanding chefs... so, of course, I liked this one. The cherry on top of the sundae: A really great lead turn by perennial character-actor Aaron Abrams.

  • Riddle

    Riddle

    ★½

    Years ago, back in the olden times of video rental stores, I bought a number of previously viewed Blockbuster DVDs. They were going out of business -- and I thought, hey why not just buy every single movie I'd never seen for two dollars or less. Seemed like a steal.

    I ended up with over fifty or so movies, but in typical 'me fashion' after purchase, I never actually watched any of them... until, well, now. Call it the Quarantine…

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