Matt Birch

Matt Birch

Kung-Fu and Horror enthusiast.

Favorite films

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • The Lighthouse
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • Heat

    ★★★★½

  • The Wolf of Wall Street

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • In the Mood for Love

    ★★★★★

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  • Heat

    Heat

    ★★★★½

    Coked out Al Pacino running after a goatie-d De Niro makes for great cinema. The heist scenes are perfect and Mann’s ability to create tension from the smallest thing is incredible.

    With that being said I personally felt that some of the melodramatic “romance” angles served as hollow story beats with partners being used as pawns rather than well thought out well… romances! 

    Still had a great time but just can’t shake the feeling that cutting one of the million fatty cushy home scenes out could’ve left this one leaner and meaner. But maybe that’s just me

  • The Wolf of Wall Street

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    ★★★★

    He’s not like me fr!

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★½

    We learn nothing about Dylan in this Dylan biopic, but we get an immense understanding of WHO Dylan is, for better and for worse. The feel of the film is just great in my opinion

  • Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding

    ★★★½

    A horrid, lurid, dirty, sexual nightmare. Fantastic performances all around, great camera work, great soundtrack. I just wish it maintained its gritty thriller edge throughout the whole film, it lost me. Also, I can’t lie that I wanted a bit of a scarface end for our protagonists. But maybe I’m just a freak.

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