Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I watched this movie for the first time in 2018 after a friend recommended it to me and I recently watched it again. Its emotional impact hit me all the same even four years later and knowing everything that happens.
What's important to know is that this movie is not a generic romance. It seems like that, but it's actually a movie about loving and forgiving yourself. While the romance undertones still exist, it's very clear that Shoya wishes to…
I’m convinced Jack Gyllenhaal is a genuine sociopath after how accurately he plays a manipulator in this movie. Lou Bloom’s character is so convincingly real with this performance and it’s terrifying; so little is known about his character other than his odd mannerisms and socially-inept personality but he remains quick with his words and impressively well-spoken despite this. This character is both the star of the movie and the best thing about it: a man who is careful to keep…
For Lin-Manuel Miranda's first time directing a film, it's fitting he chose to tell the story of one of his biggest inspirations, Jonathan Larson. Knowing of Larson's story before viewing, this adaptation of his story is incredible in every way: emotion, pacing, scenario, sociopolitical issues, soundtrack, just everything. Both Garfield and Miranda play a major role in mimicking exactly who Larson was during this period of his life: a young man unhappy in a beat-down apartment struggling to be different…