Carl Anka

Carl Anka

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Favorite films

  • The Princess Bride
  • Blade Runner
  • The Godfather
  • Escape from New York

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  • Quiz Lady

    ★★★½

  • Interstellar

    ★★★

  • Upgrade

    ★★★½

  • Us

    ★★★½

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  • Quiz Lady

    Quiz Lady 2023

    ★★★½ Watched 06 Jan 2025

    Sandra Oh playing against type in a comedy role I did not see coming.
    It's a fun comedy that has a good minute-to-joke ratio and I enjoyed the epilogue greatly.

  • Upgrade

    Upgrade 2018

    ★★★½ Rewatched 03 Jan 2025

    Here's an angry slice of Cyberpunk action that I wish would find a bigger audience.

    Logan Marshall-Green is an actor you hire when Tom Hardy is too busy or too expensive, and Upgrade is a film that could glibly be described as "Venom meets Robocop".

    It's a mean film. A violent one. A short one. And it might have needed another redraft of its ending. But I enjoy it, and I hope one day Channel 5 or ITV2 pick it up and air it again and again and again so it eventually carves out a cult fanbase.

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu 2024

    ★★★½ Watched 02 Jan 2025

    Eggers at his very best in terms of tone and atmosphere. He's always been exceptional with shadow and moonlight, but he takes it to another level here, and seems to have improved with his use of fire since The Northman.

    It's good. Nicholas Hoult is really good at having "wet eyes" - kind of like a puppy. Most directors make him use it when he's hit with a realisation he's not the man he wants to be, or pretending to…

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II 2024

    ★★★ Watched 15 Nov 2024

    Gladiator is a famous example of a decent script being transformed into a Masterpiece through great direction, cinematography, soundtracking and some brilliant acting from multiple actors in the cast.

    Gladiator 2 is a sometimes shonky script being turned into a decent film through solid direction and Denzel Washington putting in a real MVP two-and-a-bit hours. I haven't seen him elevate a project to this degree since Training Day. Every time he's onscreen, Ridley is just feeding him the ball and…

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  • Conan the Barbarian
  • Drive
  • The Mummy
  • Starship Troopers
  • Die Hard With a Vengeance

Hotel Channel Flickers 15 films

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Sicario
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Dune: Part Two
  • No Country for Old Men

Films that make me want to pack it all in and go to film school 5 films

  • Whiplash
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • High Fidelity
  • Revolver

Good films I completely misinterpreted on first viewing 4 films

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