Favorite films

  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Gone in 60 Seconds
  • Ghost World
  • The Room

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  • [REC]

    ★★★★★

  • Lake Mungo

    ★★★★½

  • Renfield

    ★★★★½

  • There's Nothing Out There

    ★★★½

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  • [REC]

    [REC]

    ★★★★★

    Spooktober 2023: Movie 7

    It's probably been close to a decade since I watched this but goddamn does it still hold up as quite likely the best found footage movie I've seen. Which may sound kind of back handed as the genre doesn't have the best track record but it's a genuinely great movie.

    The constantly escalating tension. The camera/cameraman has a genuine role here and doesn't come across as a gimmick, and the constant shaky cam shots never feel…

  • Lake Mungo

    Lake Mungo

    ★★★★½

    Spooktober 2023: Movie 6

    2023 Watchlist Purge: Movie 9 (possibly more since I forgot about this list lmao)

    You're allowed one (1) jump scare. Make good use of it. This movie did.

    Overall, what could have easily been a fucking slog of a trite concept (mockumentary about a haunting) is ultimately elevated by a couple clever twists that some necessary layers, and a feeling of, lacking a better term, 'realness' earned through improvised dialogue.

    Sound design and the direction and…

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  • Bushwhacked

    Bushwhacked

    ★★★★★

    This may not be the cinematic masterpiece my seven-year-old mind would have had me believe.

    You know what? Fuck you, yes it is.

  • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

    ★★★½

    Chris Rock: "EDDIE MURPHY IS THE GREATEST PERSON TO HAVE EVER LIVED, AND HE IS THE REASON SNL HAS SURVIVED AS LONG AS IT HAS. BOW TO THE GREAT AND POWERFUL EDDIE MURPHY AND WORSHIP THE GROUND UPON WHICH HE WALKS."

    Eddie Murphy: "Oh, thanks I guess."