Jan 25, 2016

Finished both the original nightmare on elm street and american psycho tonight, both good movies.

 

Jan 28, 2016

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  It’s Such a Beautiful Day 2012
  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Jan, 2016
  
  Such candid observation and comprehensive inquiry into the bittersweet truths of existence never so potently realized as in this most sophisticated of simple elegies. An animated spiritual equal to the likes of Tarkovsky's Mirror, Malick's Tree of Life, and Sokurov's Elegy of a Voyage.
  
  96/100 - Masterful.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  Street of Crocodiles 1986
  ★★★★½ Rewatched 27 Jan, 2016
  
  If Toy Story was a stop-motion horror film. Transfixing and repulsive all the same. Such detail and mystery.
  
  87/100 - Excellent
  
  *Raised from a 4.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Entr’acte 1924
  ★★★★ Rewatched 26 Jan, 2016
  
  The final 3 minutes of this innovative short are incredible, though its build is rather dissociated/cursory.
  
  80/100 - Great.
  
  *raised from a 3.5
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Le révélateur 1968
  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Jan, 2016
  
  An astounding experiment in light/dark contrast, visual aphorism, poetic conveyance of intangibles via physical abstraction, and silence.
  
  92/100 - Amazing.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
  ★★★½ Rewatched 24 Jan, 2016
  
  Just as good on rewatch. This time in 3D, which made little difference, though specks of snow and fire were pretty spectacular.
  
  [REVIEW] 79/100 - Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (Abrams, 2015)
  
  Its strongest ‘force’ is that it retains the heart of the original Star Wars trilogy by presenting friendships and camaraderie in the face of evil... perhaps this is what Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens is to its predecessors: a fanboy with the excitement, drive, and intention to rise up to the same level and beyond. And, for the most part, it does an admirable job.
  
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  Meet the Patels 2015
  ★★★ Watched 23 Jan, 2016
  
  Gives up credulity about halfway, but even its fabrications are funny, interesting, and (for me) relatable.
  
  67/100 - Good.
  

 

Jan 30, 2016

I think Pusher III is the best of the films.

 

Feb 3, 2016

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Great acting, relatable, loved the direction. A really beautiful and painful story 9/10

 

Feb 6, 2016

Just got finished watching:

It's a newish indie thriller/horror flick. It's about a group of friends that go out hiking, & one of the friends step on & get stuck on an old landmine....that's all i'm gonna say, other things unwrap & unfold that are QUITE major (to say the least) but i won't go into that.

Now this isn't a simple cliche bs "oops i stepped on a bomb & now we're gonna have to figure out a way to get outta this mess by the end of the movie!" movie, no no no...there's more to it than that, this s--- has LAYERS, the movie is not predictable. Landmine Goes Click is different from the usual bunch of low budget indie netflix/hulu-tier thriller flicks...it blows all that predictable, cliche crap out of the water.

It's a tense, dark, uncomfortable movie, with stunning acting on the casts part, and a d--- well executed plot. One of the greatest thriller movies i've ever seen, not surprised that it got several awards.

10/10, flawless. I FIERCELY RECOMMEND YALL WATCH THIS s---.

 

Feb 10, 2016

Just saw The Visit. What a weird little thing. Not too bad though, especially for being a product of shyamalan. And god d--- was it scary.

 

Feb 12, 2016

Dope: I was aware of this movie from the time that it was released. Never really had any intention to watch it but it was recently added to Netflix so I took a shot. Initially, I thought it would be some corny conception of 90's Hip Hop from today's youth. It sort of is but at the same time, it also pokes fun at that. These 90's obsessed kids are the social outcasts at their school and in life in general. There's one scene in particular where the main character is naming classic 80's albums as 90's albums and he gets corrected. These kids are trying to avoid the problems of living in inner city neighborhoods until one day, by chance, one of the dope pushers reaches out to them. What ensues next is an absurd and funny drug tale involving large amounts of coke, drugged out rich girl's pissing in public, bitcoin, N-word passes for White people all over a classic 90's Hip Hop soundtrack. Some newcomers are part of the cast as well as some familiar faces (Blake Anderson, Zoe Kravitz, A$AP Rocky, Tyga, Tony Revolori). The fact that Tyga gets shot in this film grants it at least a 7/10. Overall, I give the film an 8/10. It was much more entertaining than I expected it to be.

 

Feb 12, 2016

 

Feb 16, 2016

[REVIEW] 63/100 - THE WITCH (Robert Eggers, 2016)

The most problematic aspect of Eggers’ The Witch (2016) is that it wants to be too many things: a chamber drama, a horror, a socio-historical document, a parable of religious-mystic fervor… While the film’s tone and visual appeal is rather artfully done with seemingly minimalist intentions, it wears quite onerously on the viewer, whose mixed reactions of drama, horror, and psychology are placed in a convivial jug which supports less than what it promises.

63/100 - Decent

Read More:
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Feb 16, 2016

Did this leak?.. or did u see it in the cinema?

 

Feb 16, 2016

Cinema, press screening.

 

Feb 16, 2016

Nice.. I really need want to see it

I might go next week..hopefully

 

Feb 16, 2016

I think most people will like it and be more forgiving than me.

 

Feb 17, 2016

a fistfull of dollars

this was actually my very first time watching this. it was great, especially towards the end. i'm not all that knowledgeable about westerns, but i was told this one was very good and i gotta agree. now i'm excited to check out other westerns

 

Feb 18, 2016

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  Film Study 1926
  ★★★★ Watched 17 Feb, 2016
  
  A rhythmic abstraction of reception, of receptivity, of projection, and of the enveloping qualities of cinematic experience.
  
  80/100 - Great.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Heavyweights 1995
  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Feb, 2016
  
  Ben Stiller in a superb role made this one of my favourite comedies growing up. I may be biased but I love it.
  
  80/100 - Great
  
  No likes
  
  
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  About Time 2013
  ★★★½ Watched 16 Feb, 2016
  
  Though cinematically unremarkable and rife with inconsistencies, this is a thoroughly charming and endearing take on rom-com.
  
  76/100 - Very Good
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Teenage Caveman 2002
  ★ Watched 15 Feb, 2016
  
  Larry Clark is clearly a sado-masochist using movie-making as an excuse for carrying out his perverted fantasies. In spite of this, the film almost has that so bad its good/vulgar cinema attraction of B-film schlock.. but its still awful.
  
  37/100 - Awful.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  The Witch 2015
  ★★½ Watched 09 Feb, 2016
  
  [REVIEW] 63/100 - THE WITCH (Robert Eggers, 2016)
  
  The most problematic aspect of Eggers’ The Witch (2016) is that it wants to be too many things: a chamber drama, a horror, a socio-historical document, a parable of religious-mystic fervor… While the film’s tone and visual appeal is rather artfully done with seemingly minimalist intentions, it wears quite onerously on the viewer, whose mixed reactions of drama, horror, and psychology are placed in a convivial jug which supports less than what it promises.
  
  63/100 - Decent
  
  Read More:
  bit.ly/1QjHYpq
  
  1 like
  
  
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  The Rink 1916
  ★★★ Watched 15 Feb, 2016
  
  A few uproarious gags hidden within a rather humdrum escapade of Chaplin at a skating rink.
  
  74/100 - Good.
  
  1 like
  
  
• America (2013)
  America 2013
  ★ Watched 15 Feb, 2016
  
  Whatever poetic intentions motivated the film, they were lost in its pretentious realization.
  
  29/100 - Painful
  
  No likes
  
  
• Bad Connection (2000)
  Bad Connection 2000
  ★★★½ Watched 15 Feb, 2016
  
  A sharp and inventive short blending comedy with cinematography to construct an affable cinematic quip.
  
  77/100 - Very Good
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Stop Making Sense 1984
  ★★★★ Watched 13 Feb, 2016 2
  
  Perhaps the most intimate and cinematographic of all concert films.
  
  83/100 - Great.
  
  1 like
  
  Out 1 1971
  ★★★★★ Watched 05 Feb, 2016
  
  Episode 1: February 5, Cinematheque
  Episode 2: February 5, Cinematheque
  Episode 3: February 8, Home Viewing
  Episode 4: February 12, Home Viewing
  Episode 5: February 12, Cinematheque
  Episode 6: February 12, Cinematheque
  Episode 7: February 13, Cinematheque
  Episode 8: February 13, Cinematheque
  
  
  97/100 - Ultimately the film is rather simple: two theater groups perform Aeschylus, some were once members of a semi-secret group of intellectual idealists, and a seemingly crazy boy with bizarre ideas and actions forces them to reconnect. This occurs over 13 protracted hours, wherein the wait, the confusion, and the will to solve the puzzle becomes part of one’s overwhelming experience of what may only be called a masterfully crafted cinematic experiment.
  
  
  Read full review here:
  bit.ly/1PJc7Lu
  

 

Feb 18, 2016

just watched Night crawler.... Little underwhelming.. but still a good movie

 

Feb 19, 2016

Rewatched this classic

Still one of my favorite movies and acting perfomances of all time

 

Feb 20, 2016

powerful

 

Feb 20, 2016

Chef