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The Cathedral 2021

Watched by Mark Asch 23 Apr 2022 3

no rating, i was an extra, but i was very moved & impressed by this—at the Q&A Ricky said he had the idea for the film as a college student and aspiring filmmaker at a family funeral, realizing for the first time the depth and complexity of his own history, and you can really see how his modular filmmaking style, with short clips joined by semi-mythic voiceover, scales up into a sustained autobiographical work, a portrait of the artist as a…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022

Added by nickusen

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

So funny to bring back Sally after 50 years and have her instantly get demolished by Leatherface. Also laughed out loud at the perverse glee of the final kill. Glad this movie stopped trying to position Leatherface as an unknowable void of evil and instead accepted that he is actually sort of an impish dickhead.
Feel like the producers spent a lot of time saying "Midsommar" to each other on set when they should've been saying "Ratatouille" (think about how electric it would be if there was a small rat controlling everything underneath the skin mask this whole time!? THAT would be a reimagining!).
Licorice Pizza 2021

Watched by Lauren Wilford 30 Dec 2021 248

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A warm tribute to a kind of relationship I feel like lots of us have stuffed way in the back of a mental drawer: the ill-advised crush turned briefly, oddly, achingly mutual, transmuted not into a romantic relationship but into an ambiguous, charged entanglement.
Alana's reluctant seduction by Gary in the first few scenes strikes me as incredibly psychologically realistic. She outlines a boundary upfront and continues verbally repeating it, but by her actions edges toward it out of curiosity.…
Dune 2021

Watched by nickusen 22 Oct 2021

really glad that Denis Villeneuve understands that:
-the best part of sci-fi movies is watching big weird ships take-off & land extremely slowly
-the most important part of sci-fi movies is watching cool strange people slowly exit those big weird ships
Reminiscence 2021

Watched by matt lynch 18 Aug 2021 2

Like truly a 90's-style artifact: dopey, earnest, slick-looking sci-fi with a 40's noir aesthetic, covered in insanely purple dialogue and with a ruinous voice-over, think DARK CITY or THIRTEENTH FLOOR. Has lines like "The past is a bead on the necklace of time." Absolutely sucks and absolutely goes for it, I can't get mad.
The Parallax View 1974

Watched by Chad Hartigan 21 Jun 2021 4

This week I start development work on my first studio movie and it's aiming to be the 2020s version of a film like this or THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. I sincerely hope all the stars align and you get to see it in 2022. If it's half the movie this one is, I'll be pretty dang pleased with myself.
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants 1996

Rewatched by Adam Nayman 25 Feb 2021

hooting and hollering as Ricky calmly explains all the variants of riffle shuffling
Tequila Sunrise 1988

Watched by Lauren Wilford 22 Feb 2021 1

Mel’s accent is all OVER the place here and it’s worth it for that
The Manchurian Candidate 2004

Watched by Lauren Wilford 26 Oct 2020 2

hell yeah. hell yeah! lots of clever adaptation choices, and Denzel's performance has so much going on. the smartest thing about this is that it's clear that our protagonist IS mentally ill, he just also happens to be correct. honestly, heaven is a three-and-a-half star, 130 minute, big-budget dramatic thriller from 1998-2004
The Prestige 2006

Rewatched by nickusen 21 Dec 2020

they should remake this movie with danny mcbride and walton goggins
Blow Out 1981

Rewatched by nickusen 09 Nov 2020 4

the whole time you’re watching this you’re thinking, “is this the best movie of all time???”
The Irishman 2019

Rewatched by nickusen 27 Oct 2020 6

Vittorio “Little Vic” Amuso is the current boss of the Lucchese Crime Family. He has been the boss since 1987. He has been serving a life sentence in a federal prison since 1991. Yet he remains the boss, and a powerful one at that.
When Vic’s wife passed away in 2012, it was apparently standing room only at the Ozone Park funeral home where her wake was held. Vic put out the word & nearly the entire crime family showed up…

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