VinegarBob

vinegarbob
Celluloid Junkie - 4157 Film Ratings
Member Since: 06 Jan 2010
Location: UK
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70 54% Passages (2023) - Rated 07 Mar 2024
"What a scumbag."
80 80% About Dry Grasses (2023) - Rated 06 Mar 2024
75 67% The Passenger (2023) - Rated 05 Mar 2024
"Better than I thought it would be. The two leads make this really quite watchable."
30 12% Nyad (2023) - Rated 05 Mar 2024
70 54% The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) - Rated 04 Mar 2024
85 89% Perfect Days (2023) - Rated 03 Mar 2024
90 96% Past Lives (2023) - Rated 01 Mar 2024
"Quietly soul crushing."
50 24% The Iron Claw (2023) - Rated 29 Feb 2024
"Despite the fact that broadly speaking everything in here is true I found myself laughing at the ridiculousness of it all - it's almost like a parody of those sappy biopic tragedies they pump out on the Hallmark channel (it didn't help that I was also being asked to take professional wrestling seriously). Your mileage will vary depending on your cringe tolerance but for me this was almost too cheesy to finish."
85 89% Poor Things (2023) - Rated 28 Feb 2024
"It's imaginative and wildly original on a technical level, and the performances are a treat - Emma Stone is fascinating, Willem Dafoe is effortlessly charismatic, and Mark Ruffalo is entertainingly unhinged. The outrageous premise is certainly thought provoking and somewhat troubling, yet everything's wrapped up in a bubblegum production design that screams empty-headed whimsy. It's a schizophrenic viewing experience for sure, but if you can get on the same surreal wavelength it's a lot of fun."
85 89% The Zone of Interest (2023) - Rated 22 Feb 2024
"Watching this it's obvious that Jonathan Glazer knows his way around directing a film. He's laser focused on the point he wants to make and everything is in service of this. It's slow, sparse, naturalistic and concentrates almost exclusively on the mundane, leaving the heavy lifting to the viewer, and while it's thought provoking, disturbing and features chilling sound design it's also a film where not a lot actually happens onscreen; that kind of being the point. Just don't expect any fireworks"