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mm has written 171 reviews for films during 2019.

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men 1957

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

We often champion films as masterpieces because they maintain their relevancy over time. So a masterwork must be something that adds to it.

One of my least favorite trends of the last 3 or so years in film (which I'm possibly the most guilty of) is viewing films, music or art of any kind through the lens of the Trump era as a first reaction.

12 Angry Men, despite being over 60 years old, is the best possible critique of…

1917

1917 2019

★★★★½ Liked Watched 4

There's a moment when the main character is running through a crumbling town at night that honestly felt like I was staring at the face of god.

1917 is the war movie for people that don't like war movies. An intense, harrowing, odyssey that for the umpteenth time shows the brutality of war. Set in one of the last truly honorable wars the world has fought in, this rivals Saving Private Ryan in heart and Dunkirk in execution (The Thin…

2010: The Year We Make Contact

2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984

★★★★ Liked Watched 2

Not as technically proficient as 2001, but I think I like it more.

Someday, the children of the new sun will meet the children of the old

God, what a perfect ending to this story. We’re sleeping on a possible masterpiece here. Science fiction doesn’t get much better than this.

Come at me film bros.

21 Bridges

21 Bridges 2019

★★★ Liked Watched

Solid premise that feels a smidge wasted on a blandish story.

Hate to say it, but if this was made in the 80’s, it would have been a lot more fun.

6 Underground

6 Underground 2019

½ Watched 1

Any movie with this much Muse and parkour cannot be legally considered good.

Ad Astra

Ad Astra 2019

★★★★½ Liked Watched

Sad Brad Is Mad And Sad, Looking For Dad

I'll need another watch to figure out how I feel about the last 20 minutes or so. 

Worst-case scenario: it'll be a somewhat disappointing ending to an outstanding first 2/3. 

Best case: I'll appreciate this more once I know what to expect.

Some things won't change, however. One being that Brad Pitt delivers one of his best performances to date as Roy McBride. It's the kind of performance that's so good the…

Aladdin

Aladdin 2019

★★½ Watched

Edit 5/27: yeaaaaahhh this has not sat with me very well at all. Mulan is only 305 days away!

Bad News: This kinda sucks, but on the other hand it’s a remake of a good movie so it's still good? At least that's how my brain processes it.

Good News: Mulan is only 307 days away.

Alien

Alien 1979

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

For the record, the only way to view this movie is by walking 30 minutes to a theater at midnight in a light drizzle of rain.

Still so fuckin good. The textures, mood, music, all of it man. 

There’s no practical reason for them to bring Jones along but goddamn it does he not give the best performance. The lack of concern in his eyes seeing a dude ripped apart by the xenomorph is something you just can’t teach. What an icon.

American Hustle

American Hustle 2013

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched 3

In a better world, Bradley Cooper would currently be an obvious front runner for his 2nd Oscar, and this movie would have cleaned house at 2013’s Academy Awards.

And Trump would currently be in the middle of 20+ year jail sentence, while Trump Jr. is fired from his job at Men’s Warehouse for sniffing the jeans.

But that’s beside the point. This is easily the best Goodfellas knockoff and parts of the two are even on par with each other.…

The Art of Self-Defense

The Art of Self-Defense 2019

★★★★ Liked Watched 6

Whatever you're expecting this to be, it ain't that.

The Art of Self-Defense really caught me by surprise. I saw a trailer for it in front of The Dead Don't Die and I more or less expected it to be an off-kilter mumblecore anti-comedy.

I won't say what it ended up being, but wow does it take some swings.

Jesse Eisenberg is really solid (and sneaky hysterical) in a role that is as perfectly suited to him as Mark Zuckerberg.…

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