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As seen in Variety Magazine. My top 4 are always the last 4 films I gave a perfect 5/5.

Favorite films

  • All About Eve
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
  • Paris, Texas
  • Thief

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  • Planet of the Vampires

    ★★★

  • Kinds of Kindness

    ★★★★½

  • Speak No Evil

    ★★★

  • The Visitor

    ★★★★

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  • Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    ★★★★★

    You are born into a cold and unforgiving world where you assume an identity to protect yourself from hostility both interior and exterior.

    You do not understand this world. It is loud, it is bright, it is brutal. You do what you are told to survive.

    One day, you are changed. Something makes you question everything you’ve ever been told. Life can never be the same again.

    You venture out, into the unknown. Reborn. You step outside of the box…

  • Top Gun

    Top Gun

    ★★

    Evangelion for elderly homosexual men

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  • Planet of the Vampires

    Planet of the Vampires

    ★★★

    This is tough because the production design, costumes, sets… it’s gorgeous. There is just very little happening considering it’s about mind vampires and inspired Alien among other things. Something had to come first, and it happened to be this. Not a total loss, but we could’ve had a real classic if the plot and dialogue matched the design.

  • Kinds of Kindness

    Kinds of Kindness

    ★★★★½

    Still a total riot. I can’t decide on a favourite story. It tickles me in all the right ways, and we get to see the first real Lanthimos horror film in the second tale. Anthology movies should all be so antagonistic.

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  • Late Night with the Devil

    Late Night with the Devil

    Listen. There’s AI all over this in the cutaways and “we’ll be right back” network messages. For this reason I can’t enjoy the amazing performances and clever ending. It actually feels insulting when that skeleton message shows up repeatedly, like the filmmakers don’t give a shit and want to let you know that you’ll accept blatant AI in your 70s period piece. Don’t let this be the start of accepting this shit in your entertainment.

  • Jigsaw

    Jigsaw

    ★★★½

    Person 1: JIGSAW IS DEAD!!!
    Person: 2: Jigsaw... is dead
    Person 3: Jigsaw is dead?
    Me: we love a mystery