snallygaster
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Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: Japan
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Je, tu, il, elle (1974) - Rated 22 Apr 2025
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - Rated 10 Feb 2025
"If you watch this without having read the book, you'd better have impeccable facial recognition skills for when middle-aged white guy #4 who we saw for 5 seconds in the first scene reappears with MAWG#7 who it turns out isn't dead after all, I guess, except maybe it's another flashback, and what about Johnson, and look at this photo I just found of MAWG#5 & MAWG#2 together, and Cooper says MAWG#3 is the mole, but then after that MAWG#1 says Smith is the mole, so I guess Smith is the mole. Fin."
My Cousin Vinny (1992) - Rated 11 Dec 2024
Bone Tomahawk (2015) - Rated 04 Dec 2024
"Held my interest. What would be good, and what I think most fans of this movie are responding to: A Western/Horror crossover where the "Indians" turn out to be... something else. That wasn't really my takeaway. One baffling point is how little comment there is on the bizarre way the Lili Simmons character is written and presented. Unrelatedly(?), I was unsurprised that, according to Wikipedia, Zahler "is an atheist"... "not very politically interested"... "has no interest in ever marrying.""
Skinamarink (2023) - Rated 13 Nov 2024
"Taken as a "found footage"-style horror movie, it's a bit glib and fractured. But for a lot of the same reasons -- for example, the way it inconsistently shifts between implying footage from a physical camera (complete with artificial film grain, etc) and subjective POV -- it really captures the childhood dream experience."
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Rated 25 Oct 2024
"I've got a soft spot for this one. Great John Carpenter soundtrack too. Third act drags on too long."
Triangle (2009) - Rated 03 Oct 2024
"Fairly successful attempt to bring deeper thematic meaning to the (quasi-)timeloop genre. I wish it hadn't leaned so heavily into thriller conventions in terms of story beats and dialogue, and gone either more naturalistic or more surreal. It makes it feel like instead of being condemned to being stuck in a time loop, she's been condemned to being stuck in a time loop movie."
Teorema (1968) - Rated 18 Sep 2024
The Traitors Canada (2023) - Rated 19 Aug 2024
The Traitors: US (2023) - Rated 19 Aug 2024
"Using recycled cast from other reality shows rather than the "regular people" of the UK version might sound unappealing, but if the game promises anything of value in terms of a "social experiment", the Brits didn't deliver so maybe these botoxed buffoons are the way to go. Every single challenge and game "twist" in the 5 seasons of this (UK/CAN/USA) I've seen is exactly the same every season yet everyone feels compelled to act surprised at every move. Still, probably the best players & host."
