DannyGReviews

DannyGReviews

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I unironically LOVE the 2008 Jason Statham film “Death Race.” I also co-host "Film is Lit," a podcast about movie adaptations of books.

Los Angeles, CA
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  • The Truman Show
  • Sideways
  • Ex Machina
  • Infinity Pool

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Wicked

    ★★★½

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers 2022

    ★★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

    This is a solid 20 minutes too long, possibly more, but I haven't belly-laughed that hard in a while. The film thrives on its incredibly intricate running gags, which last far longer than expected and resurface throughout, relentlessly. I'm reminded of comedian Rory Scovel's act, wherein he latches on to a particular joke and keeps repeating it and repeating it until the joke becomes that he's saying something a million times. On the surface, it seems like childish and unrefined…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17 2025

    ★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2025 1

    There is a lot of fun to be had - particularly with Mark Ruffalo, who is straight up doing an American version of his "Poor Things" character, and that is a compliment, not a complaint. Toni Collette is also hilarious as Ruffalo's sauce-obsessed wife (it's a whole thing). She's playing a character who was not in the book, which is hilarious because that means that Bong Joon Ho was like, "How could I make this already weird movie even WEIRDER?...…

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  • Love, Death & Robots: Zima Blue

    Love, Death & Robots: Zima Blue 2019

    ★★★★½ Watched 26 Mar 2019

    The simple pleasure of a job well-done.

  • Hellraiser

    Hellraiser 2022

    ★★★½ Watched 04 Oct 2022 1

    Beyond Fest screening at the Aero Theater

    I had a panic attack about 45 minutes in because I was NOT enjoying the film up until that point. I thought the dialogue was rather weak, the acting not that much better, and the pacing particularly sluggish. It felt like it kept starting and stopping, almost as if the film was afraid to truly commit. This, combined with the glaring flaws in the writing and acting, prevented me from fully engaging.

    But…

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