gregs1999

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Favorite films

  • Oldboy
  • Drive
  • Django Unchained
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • The Color Purple

    ★★

  • Point Break

    ★★★½

  • The Monster Squad

    ★★½

  • Freelance

    ★★½

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  • The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

    ★★

    Good old Larry Fishburne. Omg that was so boring, I could hardly pay attention. A film almost twice as long and so much better kept me hooked. The musical version will probably be just as bad.

    Steven Spielberg ranked

  • Point Break

    Point Break

    ★★★½

    “YOUNG, DUMB AND FULL OF CUM.” I now know that people say that The Fast and the Furious is a rip off of Point Break, and I definitely see that they borrowed a lot of the plot. But there are a few differences. Cars and the early 2000’s aesthetic of the first Fast film are so much better. I’d take Paul Walker and Vin Diesel over Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze (probably a hot take). Also the fact that Johnny…

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  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

    Really tugs at the heartstrings. Incredible performances from Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa. Alexander Payne makes these character focused films so bloody well. Watch About Schmidt, Sideways and Nebraska if you haven’t already for a similar type of film by Payne. 

    Alexander Payne ranked

  • The Killer

    The Killer

    ★★★★½

    The action, few and far between, was bolstered by great sound design that it hit with ferocity. Michael Fassbender pulls off the calm and collected vibe so well. Another David Fincher masterclass.

    David Fincher ranked