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The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 2018
Currently at a loss of words, but James Badge Dale is a presence. An under 90 minutes 12 Angry Men/Reservoir Dogs whodunnit in a warehouse that is cloaked in darkness and loneliness. All of these men are lurking from the shadows, but you can still feel their presence. Every shot just feels so daunting and every moment feels massive because of it. Only gripe is the editing, especially the montage-y ending, sometimes less is more, but everything else is pretty much masterful. Need more movies like these Zahler/Prior gritty crime thrillers.
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Nope 2022
Another Jordan Peele masterclass of nothing that everyone will force themselves to like. An absolute clusterfuck mess of things just happening just for the sake of things happening. I don’t know what Peele was going for Kaluuya because he literally just makes him stand around and mumble for most of the movie, which is a shame because he’s a tremendous actor and desperately wants to act in this. Even when the final act hit and we established everything to happen,…
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I hate how much I hyped up this movie. Netflix is like 0/A billion now. A long movie of building up tension and awkwardness and uncomfortable atmosphere all for nothing. Only redeeming characteristic of this was the performances, because this felt like it was shot and edited by a 12 year old. A director who clearly is so full of himself with a theme that he has driven so hard into the ground managed to completely botch…
