tj firestone

tj firestone

people who say “no pun intended” are cowards. 
intend your puns, weaklings.

Favorite films

  • Lady Vengeance
  • The Evil Dead
  • Spirited Away
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • Interstellar

    ½

  • School Daze

    ★★★½

  • Squid Game

    ★★★★½

  • Time Bandits

    ★★★★

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  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    ½

    started to watch this and the first 2 characters are called “Murph” and “Coop”. i was like oh helllllll no, i’m done. 

    nolan sux

  • School Daze

    School Daze

    ★★★½

    omg this movie has so many ideas jammed into it, you can tell how much fun the cast and crew had.  Ernest Dickerson putting on a masterclass behind the lens. Lawrence Fishburn and Giancarlo Esposito are already so locked in, and this was in ‘88! i really like all the different characters too, the camaraderie was really natural. 

    the one actual musical number in ReRe’s Salon comes out of nowhere and it’s so dynamic and frenetic. it perfectly flips the…

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  • The Green Knight

    The Green Knight

    ★★½

    “a24 template: the movie”! 

    lol nah, but i definitely did not enjoy this nearly as much as i thought i would. my copy of the tolkien translation is weathered from reading and re-reading, and i’m slightly embarrassed to say i even liked 1984’s sword of the valiant starring sean connery as the green knight. 

    of course it must be said, each department—art, camera, lighting, costume, editing, sound,  locations, post-production, set design—are all clearly top, top tier professionals and it shows…

  • Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★½

    first off, the fuckin FASHION of this film! mid-40s workwear had me saying damn that chore coat is sick! shiiiiit those overalls and collarless button-down! 🤤🤤🤤

    this is like a 3-in-1 flick —> it’s a ww2 fallout/surrogate family/giant kaiju monster drama. the sound design and music go hard as hell in this, all we need is a lil pharaoh monch sayin ‘get tha fuck up’! performances were pretty good overall. the story was surprisingly touching but got a lil melodramatic towards the…

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