Darren

Kurosawa is able to separate himself from what is deemed “neo-realist” by the grace at which his camera moves and interacts with those in the frame. Sure there’s the ruins of the “old Japan”, the pain of ex soldiers but that is almost artifice here. What truly matters is the relationship we see building on screen. The city could be a soundstage and we’d feel the same ups and downs with them but the fact that Kurosawa is able to move between the realities of a Japan destroyed by their - Full Review

12 _2%

The End of Sex (2022) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

Watched during an overnight shift at work. I almost wish I was doing actual work instead. No emotional insight, very little comedic power and just boring for the majority of it especially the “serious” back half. If you see yourself in these characters you should probably shape up. Your life isn’t over

44 _17%

Moon of the Wolf (1972) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

A simple tv movie of the week. Filled with some not great acting some rather slow sequences to nothingness and a sort of flimsiness I couldn’t help but embrace. I did like the werewolf POV stuff and a couple little embraces to that side of it could’ve made this a classic waiting to be rediscovered instead of relegated to for freaks only really. I taped this off one of my movie channels and there did appear to have sounds from something else underneath all the dialogue here

30 _8%

Xanadu (1980) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

Annoyingly lifeless despite what the ironic loves of it will tell you. But there’s still some neat colours and over exaggerations masquerading as acting that make it intriguing. Has a sense of humour about itself in an endearing way in the generational comparisons. Decently fun tunes. Wish it had literally any energy at all

39 _14%

The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

A typical kind of boorish overacting one would expect given this is basically a shot for shot play recreation. There’s a reason why it works there and not on the big screen. Its not to say it’s a bad performance or anything but I’m also not that inclined to finding courtroom back and forths all that engaging so when the entire thrust of the movie is predicated on that kind of performance being needed I just kind of eye roll. Lack of any sort of visual dynamics

62 _32%

The Bear (1988) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

This being a kids movie is kinda wild for modern times but just shows how different our perceptions of what is and isn’t kid friendly has changed. Maybe because there’s a lack of CGI and the fact that it’s not like animated make that sort of more adult stick out more to me. Some drug scenes(real funny and over the top), some gore that would’ve had my eyes closing as a kid. It’s a real weird melding of documentary and fiction where we are made to think about the incursion of human socie - Full Review

55 _24%

The Juggler (1953) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

There’s enough here from a cinematic level to appreciate it. Dmytryk knows how to shoot a captivating action sequence soaked in the pressures of guilt and hidden resentments and Douglas gives a decent enough performance even if there’s a little too much obnoxiousness to it in parts. There’s a lot of *stuff* on the outside of the screen that make this interesting with it being the first American movie made in Israel and all that means to the history of cinema (and it’s position as an art - Full Review

67 _41%

The Pawnbroker (1964) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

Steiger gives a perfect performance for this kind of thing. So many little nuances of emotion in the way he moves or just in the density of facial ticks. Lumet knows how to frame him with such precision and complexity. Almost too bleak of a movie for it to work for me but there’s enough restraint there that the intelligence is able to shine thru. An intriguing look at a long gone New York

34 _10%

The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

Petsch is not a good actor or even really that good of a “scream queen” but she kinda matches what Harlin is going for here. Movie looks pretty dull and lifeless but Petsch is at least given a lot to work with. There’s a severely out of place fight with a boar and then just some CLASSIC eye roll inducing exploitation shots of Petsch where if it was 1983 there’s at least be some sleaze to go with that pathetic perversions. Hate the way these things attempt to pathologize the killers and c - Full Review

64 _34%

The Moment (2026) - Rated 24 Jul 2026

Not that there was ever anything “radical” or whatever word you’d use like that to describe Charli’s music but there’s was a complete evaporation of anything innovative when it came to BRAT outside of its marketing but even that sort of critical pop darling turns superstar exploited for political gains is wearing a bit thin in this modern era of “my fellow kids” strategy the demonrats are always attempting every four years and this movie doesn’t really escape that for me. You hav - Full Review