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mm has written 129 reviews for films during 2020.

  • The Gentlemen

    The Gentlemen 2019

    ★★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2020 13

    2020 - RANKED

    My relationship with Guy Ritchie is a lot like my relationship with my Trump-loving Uncle; I don’t have one.

    So coming into The Gentlemen, having not seen Snatch, I hoped for a middleish of the road studio picture kinda like the Sherlock Holmes movies. But I was prepared to see Aladdin-level work.

    Turns out, I got something closer in quality to The Man from U.N.C.L.E, which is a long way of saying this movie fucking rules. Last year it…

  • U2: From the Sky Down

    U2: From the Sky Down 2011

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 21 Jan 2020

    Writing these songs... from the sky down

    Get me an acoustic guitar at the speed of light

    Went to look up Edge's acoustic cover of Achtung Baby classic "Love is Blindness" and ended up watching the whole thing. The story of my favorite band making my favorite album is a good one!

    Amazing to hear the development of "Mysterious Ways," and how it brought about the birth of "One" a song that is responsible for the band existing to this day.

    I really really really need a similar documentary about the making of Songs of Innocence.

  • Underwater

    Underwater 2020

    ★★ Watched 19 Jan 2020

    2020 - RANKED

    Lil' Paul deserved better.

    I was completely ready to just push everything aside and enjoy Alien in the ocean. But this is all just so bland and boring, there proved to be no fun to be had. Bummer.

    My big takeaway is that it took Hollywood so long to do Cthulu. Justice for my large devil son.

  • The Master

    The Master 2012

    ★★★★ Rewatched 15 Jan 2020 4

    If Phillip Seymour Hoffman wasn’t present, I’d be neutral on this.

    If Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t, I’d probably love the movie.

    It’s hard to put into words how little he does for me in a given performance. His skill is obvious, commitment moreso. But for me watching him makes me feel nothing, which paired with Hoffman who is electric, makes the divide seem even wider.

  • Castle in the Sky

    Castle in the Sky 1986

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Jan 2020

    I fall in love with this more and more with every viewing.

    Movies don’t get much better than this.

  • Wild Rose

    Wild Rose 2018

    ★★★★ Watched 10 Jan 2020

    Cast Jessie Buckley in everything challenge.

    Songs slap real hard. Double feature this with Nashville and you’ve got yourself a good time.

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut 1999

    ★★★★ Watched 08 Jan 2020

    I have lived in NYC for 2 years and have not been invited to a rad Masquerade party on Long Island. Wack.

    But this still rules. Knew nothing about it coming in and I am so glad I came in that way. Expected much more melodramatic marital strife and not so much secret society intrigue.

    Kubrick directs the hell out of this and I can already tell there’s a ton to unpack.

  • Little Women

    Little Women 2019

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Jan 2020

    The first thought I had after leaving the theater to see this for the first time was that I had to go again.

    And spoiler alert for my top 10 of the year, it’s the highest placing movie I had only seen once before now, so now that they’re on even footing, figuring out how to order my top 4 will keep me awake at night. Worth it tho!

    I loved Little Women even more the second time. Gerwig’s screenplay…

  • The Irishman

    The Irishman 2019

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Jan 2020

    First movie of the year. First movie of the decade. First movie of the life, really.

    I honestly never thought something could challenge JFK as my favorite movie, but here we are.

    It’s what it is.

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