Vinny Albano

Vinny Albano

Favorite films

  • Love Exposure
  • Monster
  • Incendies
  • Phantom of the Paradise

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  • Battle Royale

    ★★★★½

  • Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

    ★★★★

  • DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

    ★★★★

  • Ninja Scroll

    ★★★½

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  • Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

    ★★★★½

    Fortnite unironically wouldn’t exist without this film.

    Haven’t seen in a very long time, but was a lot of crazy fun revisiting. 

    (also had the pleasure of seeing in theaters. Double feature with TGHS)

  • Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

    Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

    ★★★★

    so wacky and fun! Noriko the Boss with the Cross 🙌

    (pleasure of seeing in theaters)

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★

    As much as I love Álvarez’s style and this is definitely one of the better entries into the franchise… It’s just kind of the same shit.

    For most of the film nothing new or original is introduced to us other than its presentation. Alien: Covenant felt like a Requel, and this also feels like a Requel.

    I really wasn’t that engaged especially when they rehash iconic lines from the originals, so audiences can get their fan-service and point to the screen like…

  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★★½

    Love Lanthimos quirky filmmaking and comedic direction. McNamara’s screenplay is an extremely strong adaptation. The film covers many different themes. Classism, Feminism, Toxic Traditions, etc… all executed impeccably. 
    This was a blast!!
    Not to mention, Emma Stone pushes her acting abilities to new heights here. She covers new ground never tackled by her prior to this. She was absolutely amazing. 

    The only major flaw that bugged me about Poor Things was the pacing within “The Ship” and “Alexandria” chapters. Those were…