Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
*Late Night with the Devil* is quite good for a low-rent horror movie. The parts that work are how it revels in irony and the surreal premise of recreating a subpar 1970s talk show that resorts to demon possessions in a desperate bid to boost ratings. I really appreciate that the premise isn't overexplained and the movie actually leaves a little bit of ambiguity in the backstory involving Gnosticism, the FBI, Abraxas, and the Bohemian Grove. I enjoyed that the…
*Godzilla Minus One* is wonderful. In fact, it's so good that if you cut Godzilla out of the movie the story would still make for a compelling movie.
It's so steeped in the culture of WW2 that it's also a very political movie - the core message is an indictment of militarism, which is cool to see in an "action" movie (action in quotes because this may be the least screentime that Godzilla has in any Godzilla movie, which didn't…
It's not what you think it is.
It's not sad or depressing in the way you think it will be.
It's a film about time and disorientation. It's also a mystery film without any answers because the mystery is the unravelling of the human mind.
Just watch the fucking thing!