Kyle Martinak

Kyle Martinak

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • That Thing You Do!
  • True Grit

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  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    ★★★★

  • Beethoven

    ★★★

  • The Social Network

    ★★★½

  • Almost Famous

    ★★★★★

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  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    ★★★★

    Why does this movie have the best James Bond opening credits sequence of Daniel Craig's career?

    I can confidently say that without David Fincher behind it, this adaptation would be a real snoozer, visceral sexual violence notwithstanding. He's putting just the right amount of sickening edge to it, the right amount of cool, and the right amount of anachronistic affectation and bookish cunning. If someone in your life needs to compact Fincher's whole vibe into one movie, this one might…

  • Beethoven

    Beethoven

    ★★★

    As a cute dog delivery system, you rarely get one as efficient as this. It's in, it's out, lots of great dog acting, even some great practical dog puppet acting whenever he rolls his eyes at something. Fun stuff. My kids thought it was fine.

    Stuff I only caught now, after 30 years:

    -Despite looking phenomenal for 56, Charles Grodin is noticeably older than Bonnie Hunt, who was...holy hell, 29 at the time.

    -The little girl is one of the…

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  • Friday the 13th Part 2

    Friday the 13th Part 2

    ★★★½

    Aha, so the "previously on..." bit--where the entire last reel of the previous movie opens the sequel--goes this far back.

    I find this to be right on par with the first one, but I'm very generous to the quick-turnaround Part 2 of lots of slasher movies. I like Scream 2 quite a bit for the same reasons I like this Part 2: it keeps the vibes of the original intact, it kills off some returning characters so you know things…

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Let's get it out of the way: I really enjoyed The Last Jedi. I think it addresses a lot of the valid criticisms of The Force Awakens and takes the series into new, intriguing territory. I do recognize the criticisms of the film, and I would never invalidate anyone's opinion (you know, unless they were being real shitty about it), but whatever reservations are being bandied about the internet in regards to this film, I feel the quality of the…