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  • Rear Window

    Rear Window

    ★★★

    Sad to say but Rear Window did nothing to change my opinion of Hitchcock, the setup is interesting but is barely wringed for any suspense and can get pretty boring since it's overly long at almost two hours. There's an episode of the TV show Castle that does an homage to this movie and that's a more suspenseful 43 minutes than the real 2 hour thing. I also wish the film had kept things ambiguous all the way through as…

  • Game Night

    Game Night

    ★★★★½

    If there's been one saving grace for 2018 movies for me it's been with comedy, and Game Night is probably the best so far. Writing about straight comedy movies can be difficult since comedy is so subjective, but I found this movie to be so hilarious and refreshing.

    The concept is what hooked me in and I loved it in execution too, "game night gone wrong" is great and the movie found ways to keep surprising me while keeping me…

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  • Logan

    Logan

    ★★★★½

    Film 1/31 of March 2017 Scavenger Hunt
    Task #6: A film in theaters
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    I really don't want to overhype Logan for anyone, but for me this film absolutely lived up to what I hoped it could be. This is the first superhero movie I've ever seen that had more authentic seeming drama and action than it did the typical things you'd expect from the genre. Logan really feels like it is telling its own stories about characters that happen…

  • Don't Breathe

    Don't Breathe

    ★★★★½

    Just got back from the movie theater and this was intense. Wow. Don't Breathe is a film that easily lives up to the positive buzz and the hype, it is a masterclass in suspense and atmosphere.

    Fede Alvarez's effectively tense and horrifying direction adds to the terrifying performance of Stephen Lang as the blind man who fights back against a trio of young adults who break into his home in search of some cash to make a better life for…