Caless Davis

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A black nerd in the PNW having a lifelong friendship with films.

Washington State

Favorite films

  • The Substance
  • The Lion King
  • Children of Men
  • Midsommar

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  • Monkey Man

    ★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★★★

  • No Country for Old Men

    ★★★★

  • The Road

    ★★★

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  • Twisters

    Twisters 2024

    ★★ Watched 16 Nov 2024

    Another product of slop culture. Characters are hard to care for and the stakes suffer from a lack of urgency. Doesn’t feel as thrilling to be caught in the path of a destructive force from Mother Nature which is pretty much the requirement for a film like this to succeed. CGI tornadoes aren’t designed well enough to feel imposing. Startling lack of chemistry between Jones and Powell;  romantic traid of these characters along with Ramos is another bad narrative detour…

  • The Substance

    The Substance 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 31 Oct 2024

    A big fuck you to the entertainment industry. The industry that has taken the souls of many women and corrupted them to fit a mostly male dominated gaze only to throw them to the trash once they reach higher in age. The reckoning that has long been ready to upend the status quo. A battle between the young and old and how we can become our worst enemy when it comes to comparison. Not only a battle against the system…

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  • Madame Web

    Madame Web 2024

    ★ Watched 29 Dec 2024

    There is some merit for a bad film that at least is fun to watch. This just isn’t fun. The kind of film that can ruin a career. The kind of film that would cause an actor to fire their agent. A film with no care and unable to achieve any semblance of respect for itself. Sony should stop making any comic book film without the services of Spider Man; these are turning into a plague.

    2024 RANKED

  • Brawl in Cell Block 99

    Brawl in Cell Block 99 2017

    ★★ Watched 24 Dec 2024

    Vince makes it watchable so hopefully he can get more chances to do serious roles. Outside of him, the gritty and brutal tone gets undone by an emphasis on campy vibes and weak fight sequences. A throwback to the grindhouse era of 70s cinema that can’t pull off the personality of those past works.

    2017 RANKED 

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  • 8-Bit Christmas

    8-Bit Christmas 2021

    ★★★ Watched 23 Nov 2021 1

    This is what Home Sweet Home Alone should have been.


    2021 RANKED 

  • Candyman

    Candyman 2021

    ★★★ Watched 24 Aug 2021 3

    The modern update of the supernatural entity known as Candyman is impressive how it weaves racial and systemic inequalities, generational trauma, Cronenberg body horror, and Hitchcock inspired atmosphere. Nia DaCosta shows that she is a student of the great directors whose bread and butter are psychological thriller/horror; the handle of the camera with its revealing close ups, hypnotizing tracking shots, wide angles, and upside down/reserve motifs keep the viewer on edge and enclosing the senses in an inescapable prison of…

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  • Challengers
  • The Substance
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Longlegs
  • Inside Out 2

2024 RANKED 39 films

  • Get Out
  • Lady Bird
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Logan
  • Coco

2017 Ranked List 45 films

  • The Batman
  • Nope
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022 RANKED 88 films

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