Garrett Ryan

Garrett Ryan

Independent canadian film maker

Favorite films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • Django Unchained
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Fight Club

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  • La La Land

    ★★★★★

  • Life of Brian

    ★★★★★

  • The End of the Tour

    ★★★★★

  • Anomalisa

    ★★★★★

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  • La La Land

    La La Land

    ★★★★★

    "What a waste of a lovely night"

    (NO SPOILERS)

    "La La Land" was directed by Damien Chezelle, and stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The story follows an aspiring jazz musician (Gosling) and an aspiring actor (Stone), living in modern Hollywood, who come into each other's lives and find romance as they inspire each other to pursue their dreams.

    Recently, I have noticed this film starting to get a lot of negative reactions online, and a similar thing happen to…

  • Life of Brian

    Life of Brian

    ★★★★★

    "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"

    Monty Python's Life of Brian is directed by Terry Jones and stars Graham Chapman as Brian Cohen, a man who is mistaken for the messiah on a variety of different occasions.

    This is actually the first time I've been able to see this film all the way through, and not just in bits and pieces on television. I decided that i would rent it and check the whole thing out. Am I…

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  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    ★★★★★

    "I'm poorly made"

    Well, I have finally caught "Steve Jobs" and I am speechless. Directed by the amazing Danny Boyle, Written by the briliant Aaron Sorkin and staring Michael Fassbender, this film chronicles the drama of Steve Jobs before three prominent launches in his career. While this is the plot and context of the movie, it certainly isn't what it's about, there's two things that describe that.

    First, I'm going to add in a quote from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", which…

  • Labyrinth

    Labyrinth

    ★★★

    In memory of the man who sold the world.

    "One of always tells the truth"
    "And one of us only lies"

    Labyrinth is directed by Jim Henson and stars Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. This semi-muppets children movie has remained a classic for many years, mostly due to the awesome mix of amazing puppetry and David Bowie weirdness. The story follows a girl (Connelly) who accidentally wishes away her little baby brother to the goblin king (Bowie). In order to…

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