Jun 16, 2015

 

Jun 17, 2015

Mad Max

 

Jun 17, 2015

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  Joe 2013
  ★★★★ Watched 16 Jun, 2015
  
  A drifting camera and low key lighting examine the nature of abuse, pain, trauma, and its psychological affects.
  
  80/100 - Great
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Miracle 2004
  ★★½ Watched 15 Jun, 2015
  
  Besides all the pandering Americanism is a decently choreographed hockey film. Propagandha, filler, and cliche bring it down.
  
  57/100 - Mediocre.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  The Newton Boys 1998
  ★★★½ Watched 15 Jun, 2015
  
  As fun to watch as the actors and director had making it. McConaughey and Linklater before each of their prime.
  
  77/100 - Very Good.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Akira 1988
  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Jun, 2015
  
  A well executed action + science-fiction #anime observing excess and chaos to convey origin and destination.
  
  85/100 - Excellent
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Get Hard 2015
  ★★½ Watched 13 Jun, 2015
  
  Some funny moments, mostly from Kevin Hart, sprinkled throughout this silly, escapist, sometimes crude Will Ferrel flick.
  
  55/100 - Mediocre
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Two Lovers 2008
  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Jun, 2015
  
  Joaquin Phoenix carries this intimate character study, intensely conveying the pain of unrequited passion and its consequent acquiescence.
  
  94/100 - Amazing
  
  No likes
  

 

Jun 17, 2015

Better.

The Brood (1979, David Cronenberg) - 7.5/10
Post Tenebras Lux (2013, Carlos Reygadas) - 9/10
Killer's Kiss (1955, Stanley Kubrick) - 6.5/10
5 Centimeters Per Second (2007, Makoto Shinkai) - 10/10

 

Jun 17, 2015

wow, zombieland is a classic

 

Jun 17, 2015

Similiar, imo. psychological indie horror. Where the monster is a metaphor. Good, but flirts with pretension.

**

NIGHTCRAWLER: Good, but felt familiar. DRIVE + TAXI DRIVER + NETWORK. Great acting, plot, of course
THE COBBLER: You know, I heard awful things... and it wasn't good, but I was expecting something atrocious. Just kind of middling, better than your average Sandler gimmicky film, which naturally isn't saying much.

 

Jun 17, 2015

why did you watch The Cobbler tho lol

 

Jun 17, 2015

It was "trending" on NETFLIX, and gf is gone for the week

(part of me wondered if theres some collusion involved, since Sandler has that exclusive distribution deal with netflix now... how could that be trending)

 

Jun 19, 2015

Review for Next Projection:

nextprojection.com/2015/06/18/dreaming-technicolor-lawrence-arabia/

Lawrence of Arabia 1962
★★★★½ Watched 18 Jun, 2015


87/100 - Running at 216 minutes, the quintessential epic, Lawrence of Arabia (1962), is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and extravagant features in film history, easier to respect than to be truly moved by.

The film is considered by many to be a great cinematic achievement, though much of it would be considered filmed theater.

In its entirety, Lawrence of Arabia feels rather mythical-fictional than archaeological/ethnographical. Though it supposedly documents the actions of a living person, the film wears its fictional rhetoric on its sleeve.

 

Jun 19, 2015

yesterday I watched Jurassic World in 3D, that was soooo beautiful

 

Jun 19, 2015

dear white people

i saw nightcrawler a few weeks ago. the scene when hes filming the other cameraman dying is hilarious.

 

Jun 19, 2015

Though I'm not nor have ever been an eleven-year-old girl, I really dug Inside Out, Pixar's best imo since Up. For what's rather high-concept for a kids' film, Inside Out seamlessly applies its conceit at a breakneck pace through a series of increasingly clever gags and scenarios. I was very impressed overall.

 

Jun 19, 2015

Good to hear, I thought it would be a train wreck

Will check it out

 

Jun 20, 2015

The Cell (2000, Tarsem Singh) - 4.5/10
Spring (2015, Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson) - 8/10
Come and See (1985, Elem Klimov) - 10/10
Inception (2010, Christopher Nolan) - 5.5/10

 

Jun 20, 2015

Went to Jurassic World Thursday night. I'll give it a 7/10. There's your fair share of cheesiness and gimmicky s--- but still a pretty good movie. The dinosaurs looked great. Nostalgia factor was huge with this one too.

 

Jun 20, 2015

Came here to make the exact same post

It also hit home (no pun) because moving was a big part of my growing up

I was trying stop myself from bawling by the end

I loved it and can see myself revisiting it like I would be toy stories, or finding nemo, or Up etc

Very cleansing tbh

 

Jun 20, 2015

Spy

Drags quite a bit in the early going, but finds its footing when Melissa McCarthy is allowed to let loose and let the insults fly. The over-the-top violence actually undercuts some of the humor, but it's still mostly amicable overall. And Rose Byrne is a f---ing legend.

 

Jun 21, 2015

Jurassic World - Was pleasantly surprised. The way they cut the trailer, it looked like it was going to be overly cheesy and bad. It was still cheesy in some parts, but it was much better than I expected.