Rated 72 HOURS 5/10
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Rated The End of Oak Street 8/10
Yes, it *is* a sort of box-ticking Spielberg pastiche, BUT is also a great time out at the movies that doesn't condescend to you about how oh, we "get" the joke, like journey to the centre of the earth or land of the lost or whatever. There are dinosaurs in the neighbourhood! It is the early 80's! Get Moving!
Rated Speed 9/10
when Sandra bullock is handed the wheel of the bus is how I feel every time I have to change lanes on the hi-way in laalt: who says theres no public transit in la
Rated The Great Gatsby 4/10
i had no memories of that movie whatsoever, but i do know all the soundtrack by heart.can the camera stop moving for TWO MINUTES?? made me wanna throw up fr. it looks like Baz Luhrmann discovered the existence of rails and cranes at the beginning of the 2010s
Rated Glengarry Glen Ross 8/10
One of the greatest assemblies of actors ever put on screen, chewing through a slice of prime Mamet. Glorious.
Rated Tenet 6/10
Unlike Interstellar, a rewatch really just highlights the flaws, chief amongst them the fact that it really is a load of old cobblers, storytelling-wise. There’s stuff to like here, but I never need to see it again.
Rated Being There 9/10
In turns deeply unsettling, oddly prescient, deeply hilarious, and very moving. Loses half a star for the worst-placed blooper reel in moviegoing history. Sellers and MacLaine are so good as a couple with an absolute void of chemistry, almost the polar opposite of the relationship she had with Jack Lemmon
I've been a little quiet with the movie review posts for a few months due to computer issues but I've been posting quick reviews to my Letterboxd account as I logged films
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I have a bit of a backlog but will be catching up on reviews over the next week or so
Rated The Last House 4/10
Started out charming enough, but then it just kept going. The setting never made much sense—which seems common in horror movies—but it goes completely off-the-rails in the second half. Its rules are inconsistent and don't even serve the narrative well.