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MY FAVORITE FILMS
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"You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So, in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?"
"The Dark Knight"
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Ash Is Purest White: A Wonderful Chinese-Language Drama
Ash Is Purest White is a movie about a fall from grace. Yet it entertains this fall with an intriguing question: What if disgrace is the...
Apr 293 min read
Hush: Militantly Minimalistic Horror
If I were gifted a stalled car for every time I watched a horror movie with a deaf character, I'd have three stalled cars. That isn't a...
Apr 283 min read
The Last of Us S2 E3 "The Path" Review
Following the death of Joel last week, The Last of Us is going to have to rest the weight of the show on a different set of shoulders...
Apr 273 min read
Peninsula: Inventive But Emotionally Stunted
Very early on in Yeon Sang-Ho's Peninsula , Jeong-Seok and a handful of his family members encounter a screaming family with a small...
Apr 273 min read
Companion: More of the Same, Somewhat Better
One of my favorite things about Drew Hancock's Companion is the intriguing war of tones it wages. The facade of this movie is initially...
Apr 243 min read
Mandy: Simple Yet Surreal
It's the year 1983, and Red and his girlfriend Mandy live a peaceful existence, abiding in the woods of California and living off the...
Apr 243 min read
Goodfellas: Yep, It's That Good
One might say that the very nature of life in the mob lends itself to cinematic adaptation, and perhaps this is why the best of such...
Apr 223 min read
The Last of Us S2 E2 "Through The Valley" Review
After the 2020 release of Naughty Dog's long-awaited The Last of Us Part II, I saw way too many posts and articles casting judgment on...
Apr 203 min read
28 Weeks Later: Disjointed, But Visceral
It may be some persisting, semi-latent effect of the ADHD, but I've grown bored of writing reviews for movies I've already seen. That's...
Apr 193 min read
The Last of Us S2 E1 "Future Days" Review
I don't know about you, but I suddenly feel like playing a round of golf. The second season of HBO's The Last of Us is off to a strong...
Apr 132 min read
Greenland: A Good Movie At War With Itself
Gerard Butler's Greenland is a disaster movie for people tired of the genre. Its premise of a dysfunctional family trying to reach safety...
Apr 73 min read
10 Cloverfield Lane: An Exercise in Doubt
Dan Trachtenberg's 10 Cloverfield Lane raises an intriguing dilemma. Is knowing the truth or not scarier? It mostly does a good job of...
Apr 63 min read
Critical Recommendation: Edge of Tomorrow
William Cage is a public affairs officer in deep trouble. He has made the foolhardy mistake of trying to blackmail the high command of...
Apr 64 min read
Psycho: A Bait-And-Switch Horror Classic
"Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding...
Apr 53 min read
I Hate Theme-Centric Criticism. Here's Why.
Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Conversely, the discourse surrounding it is some of the most...
Apr 43 min read
Aliens: Altogether Thrilling and Chilling
The distant moon was cold and hostile, a wind-swept ball of gray dust amidst the cosmos. Even its name, LV-426, gave off no warmth...
Apr 34 min read
Alien: A Pioneering Masterpiece of Cinema
In space, no one can hear you scream. However, the same cannot be said for the theater, so be braver than audiences from 1979, who not...
Apr 23 min read
The Thin Red Line: Unexceptionally Solid
Sometimes, ambition is a whole-hearted commitment to a tone or an idea on the part of a filmmaker, an effort to do something that's...
Apr 13 min read
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