mattorama12
Celluloid Junkie
Member Since: 12 Feb 2012
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Age: 39
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28 Days Later (2002) - Rated 07 Jul 2025
"Very nice take on the zombie genre. Movies tend to be much better when horror elements are used to heighten or precipitate the human drama, rather than as an ends in itself. This is a perfect example of that. The deserted London scenes were really magic to see and always fun to think about how difficult it is to actually pull that off."
Babes (2024) - Rated 26 Jun 2025
"Never riotously funny, but consistently amusing and has some nice emotional moments."
Sinners (2025) - Rated 23 Jun 2025
"I wish I had been able to go into this completely cold, but unfortunately I did know generally what to expect. Notwithstanding that, it was still fun and fresh. I usually don't love historical anachronisms, but the first scene in the juke with the blues/R&B medley was an all-time great sequence."
Mountainhead (2025) - Rated 14 Jun 2025
"The satirical and comedy elements are pretty good, but don't expect this to be anywhere near the level of Succession. There isn't enough time to get into the depths of each of the characters, so they come off as a little bit more goofy caricatures than I think was intended. Still darkly funny though"
Summer of '69 (2025) - Rated 28 May 2025
"This is Fineman's movie through and through, and she is really great in it. This is a pretty straightforward and predictable romp, but Fineman is consistently funny and the whole thing is very enjoyable. It's been a while since we've gotten a movie star out of SNL, and I'm hoping this may be the beginning of that for her."
Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) - Rated 05 May 2025
"This is a fun celebration of Zepp, but it's just that. Consists of only interviews of the band members and great old footage, but there's absolutely nothing critical and no outside perspectives. So lots of fun, but it's hardly a "documentary" in the typical sense."
The Princess Diaries (2001) - Rated 21 Apr 2025
"I didn't realize this was such a child's movie, and not in the fun way that Pixar or similar movies are. It's not bad for what it is, but I was just expecting a little more. Feels like this should have been a made-for-tv movie, but was at least elevated by the cast."
Severance (2022) - Rated 15 Apr 2025
"I'm late to the party here, but this is such a nice concept that is well executed. The innie/outie dichotomy allows the show to offer an intriguing plot mechanic where our protagonist has competing desires in a way that is wholly unique. Great show."
Hacks (2021) - Rated 09 Apr 2025
"When it's funny, it's quite enjoyable. It doesn't hit the same highs when it goes for poignancy, but it's still fine on that front. Ava gets more and more fun to watch as the show goes on (through S3 now)."
Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025) - Rated 10 Mar 2025
"O'Neill's book, Chaos, is truly fascinating and painstakingly researched. It's implications are pretty far out there and I'm not sure how much of his theories I buy into, but the book is very good about presenting the evidence and explaining where there are gaps or speculation. Unfortunately, there was just no way a 90 min documentary could properly relay that information, so all of the interesting things from the book come across as almost pure speculation in this doc."
