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The Irishman

The Irishman

2019
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

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.

GoodFellas

GoodFellas

1990
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Noticed on this watch that Marty has the same laugh as his mom.

Zodiac

Zodiac

2007
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

It’s always nice to catch one of your top 20 on the big screen for the first time.

What I picked up on this viewing is how the film never really endorses Graysmith’s point of view. It follows him, it hears him out but it never gives in.

I’ve read up enough about the case to know that while it probably was Allen, there is, as with all of the suspects, PLENTY of evidence pointing towards innocence as much as it does guilt.

We’re never going to know for sure.

But some people sure love talking about it.

Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky

1986
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

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

Movies don’t get much better than this.

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.

Mandy

Mandy

2018
★★★★ Liked Watched

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

Memoria

Memoria

2021
★★ Watched

Some sequences are neat and it’s photographed beautifully buuuuuut overall this was a bit of a slog to get though. Not really my speed!

The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

2021
★★★½ Liked Watched

Probably Cumberbatch’s best work to date.

While I admire the film, it’s not the kind that will stick with me very long.

Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space

2019
★★ Watched

2020 - RANKED

Adding this to my long-gestating film thesis that just because you (Lovecraft) did it first doesn’t mean you did it better (Annihilation).

Recognizing that this is an adaptation of a book by a genre director, I’m not saying it *should* have been as good as Alex Garland’s masterwork, but I can see where he and author Jeff VanderMeer got a lot of their inspiration from. Thing crashes to earth, alters the environment, and hilarity ensues.

Garland and…

The Two Popes

The Two Popes

2019
★★★★½ Liked Watched 1

Sin is a wound, not a stain.

Wow. This movie is terrific. 

Despite being a borderline hater of organized religion, I always seem to gravitate towards art that addresses faith. My favorite band, U2, is for all intents and purposes a christian rock band so despite my best efforts to push it away, spirituality comes and finds me.

The Two Popes is unexpectedly about that struggle. Who God chooses to speak to or not, and what he says to those…

The Report

The Report

2019
★★★ Liked Watched

As expected, Adam Driver is the most intriguing part of this movie.

Duh, right? Over the last 4 years he's established himself as the actor of his generation. But this time, it's what happened off screen more than on that makes him so irresistible.

Driver is a war veteran. He enlisted in the Marines shortly after 9/11. Almost 20 years later, here he is starring in a movie about mistakes made during that time and the people who made those…

Parasite

Parasite

2019
★★★½ Liked Watched 2

Now THIS is how you do a psychological thriller about class disparity. Bong making Todd Phillips look more like, dare I say, a clown?

Parasite is really really great. Fabulous performances, sharp humor and a deep understanding of it’s themes elevates this past it’s already ingenious premise into something more biting and thrilling than I was prepared for. 

Snowpiercer is still my go to, but this makes me want to dive even deeper into Bong’s movies.

Rating would be higher,…

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