Dawson Joyce

Dawson Joyce

7,624Films

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Just a simple man who worships at the altar of cinema. He/Him. 24.

Lackawanna, New York
youtube.com DawsonEJoyce

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • Apocalypse Now
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Mikey and Nicky

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  • Love and Money

    ★★★½

  • Exposed

    ★★★★

  • Carnage for Christmas

    ★★★★

  • The Family Stone

    ★★★★

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  • Love and Money

    Love and Money 1981

    ★★★½ Added

    The soft-spoken Ray Sharkey is unfortunately miscast in a role that would've been better-suited to someone like Warren Beatty or Harvey Keitel, but Love and Money still manages to come out an arresting romantic thriller from writer-director James Toback, wholeheartedly embracing its litany of quirks for better and worse, while the rich dialogue and vivid cinematography are undoubtedly the major highlights.

  • Exposed

    Exposed 1983

    ★★★★ Added

    There's a million flavors of irony to disgraced writer-director James Toback not only making a film entitled Exposed but also casting himself in a minor supporting role as an amorous older professor having an affair with Nastassja Kinski, comparing her to an angel, and begging her not to leave while at the same time attempting to strike her and repeatedly — and crudely — berating her. Putting that aside, this was an interesting one. The best way I can describe…

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  • The Strangers

    The Strangers 2008

    ★½ Added 1

    Teasing its audience with the prospect of something fresh and new and instead giving them a lazy and shallow product that we've seen time and time again, The Strangers is a horror film that doesn't at all deserve the befuddling praise it has gotten over the past decade, with horrendous pacing, annoying jump scares, underdeveloped characters who make the stupidest decisions you can think of, and wooden performances.

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016

    ★½ Added 17

    NOTE (05/06/2022): This was my initial reaction back when I saw it in March of 2016. My feelings on this film have changed significantly since then.

    With its intense and exciting action sequences, excellent performances (with the exception of a laughable turn from Jesse Eisenberg), and dazzling visual spectacle being let down by an overstuffed and incoherent script that's filled to the brim with poorly written characters and needlessly convoluted plotting, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tries to be…

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