Gabe Rodríguez

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  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Return to Oz
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  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint

    ★★★½

  • Flipper

    ½

  • Oppenheimer

    ★★★½

  • French Roast

    ★★★★½

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  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint

    Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint

    ★★★½

    While it's become a common criticism that Season 1 of STAR TREK: TNG is possibly the most infamous example of what went on to be a long-running, successful TV show having a shaky start, I have to admit that "Encounter At Farpoint" is actually a pretty solid pilot episode.

    It helps that it was co-written by Gene Roddenberry & DC Fontana, veterans of the franchise, and there's a clear show of growth since the TOS era. Roddenberry finally got a chance…

  • Flipper

    Flipper

    ½

    I think this was the very first bad movie that I discovered all on my own.

    I remember seeing it as a young boy and laughing at how incompetent its screenplay was, even though my prepubescent mind didn't know those terms yet. I actually have nostalgia (or anti-nostalgia) for discovering FLIPPER and making it my go-to "so bad, it's good" movie.

    FLIPPER is a dopey family movie loosely based on the 1963 film and its TV series spinoff. A young…

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  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

    ★★★★½

    "Suzy...Sara...I once read that names which begin with the letter S are the names of snakes! Sssss! Ssssss!"

    Arguably the most famous giallo film of all time, and the one that most defines the genre.

    Trance-like pace, haunting camerawork and set design, the distinct use of color, specifically reds and greens, and one of the few films where you really notice lighting. Yes, it's a style-over-substance film, but it still has enough good story elements to pull you in.

    Jessica…

  • Joker

    Joker

    ★★★

    "In a character-study movie, it's only interesting if you're actually willing to study the character."
    -Jenny Nicholson

    Watching this movie projected in glorious 70mm, even though I know it wasn't shot that way, is a charming experience. That wonderful texture of celluloid that succeeds in making this feel like an '80's period piece, the feeling of the projected image, the cigarette burns in the top right corner. This is such a key part of what makes cinema what it is,…