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mm has written 80 reviews for films during 2024.

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Dec 2024

    I understand why Yates gets so much shit, but the way he streamlines the stories of the later movies is honestly pretty impressive. Yeah, a lot of cool stuff got cut, but for the most part he totally maximizes the dramatic impact of what’s there. Half Blood Prince’s omissions from the book should annoy me much much much more than they do, and the fact I like this a great deal is a testament to his skill as a director.…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2024

    Timmy is going to conquer the world, holy cow. 

    A Complete Unknown is admittedly a superficial look at Dylan, but I think that’s the point. 

    The mystery and contradictions that surround him is what makes Bob who he is. And the film makes the case that Bob Dylan is what he does to the world around him, by being such an off-beat, singular figure. It’s an argument that I fully bought into.

    EKL #8

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996

    ★★★ Watched 26 Dec 2024

    Upstate New York cinema.

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Dec 2024

    Montage is one of the most powerful tools in filmmaking.

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

    ★★½ Rewatched 25 Dec 2024

    Cuaron directs this thing like its the last movie he’ll ever make. It’s too bad the story doesn’t live up to his effort.

    I firmly believe that time travel doesn’t belong in the fantasy genre.

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe 1964

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 Dec 2024

    Dad loved it, mom and sister hated it. Sometimes the holiday vibes are worth sacrificing for the sake of true cinema.

  • Juror #2

    Juror #2 2024

    ★★★½ Watched 22 Dec 2024

    An increased exposure to him recently has made me realize that Hoult just doesn’t do it for me.

    He’s fine, but he lacks that extra thing (ex. Messina’s general sliminess, Collette’s face, Simmons’ voice) that would make him a more interesting person to watch.

    Anyway, the movie is good! I love a good moral quandary, and it’s nice to see Clint try again, he even used a real baby this time! I hope he directs the next film in the Ant-Man franchise.

  • Red Rooms

    Red Rooms 2023

    ★★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2024

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Well that was a lot.

    I don’t even know what to say about this, other than that it’s one of the bleakest and most unnerving depictions of the darkness within us that I’ve ever seen with a masterful performance by Juliette Gariépy at its center.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 13 Dec 2024

    Seeing an adult 2D animated movie in the theaters is all I dream about.

    EKL #5

  • The Order

    The Order 2024

    ★★★★½ Watched 10 Dec 2024

    A textbook example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Cat and mouse thrillers are up there as one of my favorite sub genres, and this one ranks up with the best of them thanks to Justin Kurzel's steady hand, rock-solid performances and crisp visuals.

    The pacific northwest is having a moment in film! Please keep those tax breaks coming, because I need more rivers, forests and lakes and less deserts at the movies.

    If you liked this, give Oliver Stone's Talk Radio a watch!

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers 2022

    Watched 09 Dec 2024

    A rare DNF. Not because I didn’t like it, but because I’m an idiot and can’t focus when the Yankees could theoretically made a trade or free agent signing at any minute.

    Will definitely revisit this in the future. This was so so so impressive and clever.

    Juan Soto I miss you so much 💔

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar 2014

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Dec 2024

    I full on sobbed in seat F12 of the IMAX theater at AMC Lincoln Square this morning.

    This movie is an absolute masterwork in every sense, and the 70mm IMAX format made this a once-in-a-lifetime audio/visual experience that’s right up there with seeing U2 at Sphere.

    I never feel more alive than when art is able to move me the way this does.

    Chris Nolan undefeated.

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