JPFerguson

jpferguson
Cinema Addict - 1606 Film Ratings
Member Since: 26 Apr 2020
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 38
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65 64% The Son of The Stars (1988) - Rated 28 Mar 2024
"As the Beastie Boys once said: "Intergalactic, planetary, planetary, intergalactic/Another dimension, another dimension..." But on a more serious note, it seems Peirce was right all along in that "matter is effete mind," we just needed a psychedelic Romanian animation to realise so."
55 41% The Spiral Staircase (1946) - Rated 27 Mar 2024
"Also known as 'I'm Leaving This House Tonight' or 'Help Me, I'm A Mute'."
70 74% Seventh Heaven (1937) - Rated 26 Mar 2024
""I'm a street washer, I have risen." Rising through love, more specifically transcending eros to embrace and emanate agape."
40 13% The Million Pound Note (1954) - Rated 25 Mar 2024
"The only aspect of this film more annoying than Peck chasing the runaway note, is the voice of Jane Griffiths."
60 54% Dear Murderer (1947) - Rated 24 Mar 2024
"A tale about people who are too conniving for their own good. Greta Gynt sure is a looker!"
80 88% Turn the Key Softly (1953) - Rated 22 Mar 2024
"A nearly perfectly structured film that also almost always hits the right notes at the right times. And the pacing is superb. I have a feeling this will be one of those films that I like more and more each time I watch it (so my rating may well increase) A side note; is this the first film to reference "Stella!" (remembering that 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was only released two years earlier)?"
60 54% Mister Lonely (2007) - Rated 20 Mar 2024
"As Peirce argues, "man is a sign," but that's not the same thing as man as icon, for we also need indexicality and symbolism to realise a satisfying existence. Korine shows us just this, but I can't help but feel that we only really get glimpses of the real Korine in this story of a commune of imposters. And then there's the flying nuns narrative, which is really a Herzog film (in more ways than one), that for me eclipses what Korine is seemingly trying to do with the Michael Jackson story arc."
50 28% Felicity (1979) - Rated 19 Mar 2024
"Okay, this is surprisingly decent. Sure, the narration is laughable and the softcore pornographic scenes (lots of those) are far from arousing, but the filler scenes in Hong Kong are really nicely shot and the accompanying music is a nice fit. And, Glory Annan and Chris Milne have some respectable on-screen chemistry."
70 74% Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) - Rated 18 Mar 2024
"A crip film (as in crip studies) before crip film existed? No one would ever say it, but it's also a neurodivergent film, properly speaking. As the film progresses, Korine gets more and more experimental with his visuals and audio, with the film getting better and better and almost disintegrating as it reaches a tragic crescendo. Not only does it feature Werner Herzog, but the film is Herzogian in theme - for example, 'Land of Silence and Darkness' and 'Huie's Sermon' immediately come to mind."
50 28% Jackass: The Movie (2002) - Rated 17 Mar 2024
"Not sure it possesses all of the necessary elements to count as an actual 'film', but who am I, and it is very funny in parts."