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Hardcore 1979
Paul Schrader presents daddy issues lit in neon.Β
Jake Van Dorn is as much a stand-in for time as he is an ideology or a personal character. Hardcore is a quintessential cinematic capsule of the transition from the liberal and tumultuous 1970s to the greedy and artificial 1980s. Looking back, even if Hardcore is actually Schraderβs inwardly contention and his fatherβs rearing and morality, the movie seems to hit a nerve where the zeitgeist was heading and where the eightiesβ¦
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The Hand of God 2021
*ahem*Β Not naming any names, but I think someone has a few unresolved issues with women and wanting to fuck their aunt.
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The Vanished 2020
The five stages of a random psychological thriller on streaming grief are:
Denial that a newer crime thriller on a steaming service can be decent and I optimistically click play.Β
Anger at being simultaneously underwhelmed with boring and wildly confused surprises.
Bargaining the painful awkwardness will all make sense in the end.
Depression that this whole movie is only made for a twist ending.
Acceptance that I lost a hour and fiftyish minutes when I could be rewatching Twin Peaks episodes.
Loved the Twilight Easter eggs though Mr. Cullens...