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yesistasty

yesistasty
Film Freak - 923 Film Ratings
Member Since: 28 Jul 2009
Location: Chicago, USA
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Bio: I like the movies.

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more Recent Ratings

87 58% La Chimera (2023) - Rated 19 Apr 2024
"Quite a shaggy story. I did not find the characters exactly compelling. But intriguing visuals and some bravura sequences, particularly the party/excavation of the large statue."
77 33% Cruising (1980) - Rated 18 Apr 2024
"We don't really get much insight into Pacino's character's frame of mind, or the killer's for that matter. Slow and mostly superficial. Most of this stuff is done better elsewhere. I did enjoy the sense of realism, the sense of a peak into a hidden world."
89 65% The Exorcist (1973) - Rated 18 Apr 2024
"Once again, Friedkin builds a handsome genre picture out of a miasma of 1970s middle-American psychological preoccupations. We get a touch of urban decay, a la The French Connection, but here the real drama arises from religious neurosis and parental anxieties. Not as cinematically flashy as FC or Sorcerer, still good looking."
94 84% Kagemusha (1980) - Rated 11 Apr 2024
"Does anybody approach color the way Kurosawa did? Wish he made more color films"
70 19% Frankenstein (1910) - Rated 10 Apr 2024
"The creation scene is genuinely effective and almost shocking. Neat little mirror trick effect at the end."
74 27% Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) - Rated 08 Apr 2024
"A couple strong elements to this one. The sound design was a highlight for me. Bullets ricocheting and shattering without tell-tale gunshots provided a very engaging effect. And there was some well-done tension. Mostly poorly acted, threadbare script, and images that rarely rise beyond the literal."
84 50% Escape from New York (1981) - Rated 07 Apr 2024
"The strongest aspect of this film is the updated B-movie visuals, but with a gorgeous digital-80s flair. The actual concept is ridiculous. Love Lee Van Cleef in this, squinting in front of beautiful matte miniatures and computer screens."
92 76% After Hours (1985) - Rated 07 Apr 2024
"Another banger. Endlessly clever and stylish editing and camerawork."
94 84% Sorcerer (1977) - Rated 06 Apr 2024
"The cinematography is incredible. Simply stunning looking movie. More harrowing and heart tightening thrilling than French Connection. The gruesome and horrific violence in the beginning sets up a stifling sense of dread for the rest of the film. You're just waiting for the next horrific jolt. Barely a flicker of French Connection's black humor. The tone here is grim throughout."
89 65% The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Rated 21 Mar 2024
"A product of its time, both formally and thematically. A strange deconstruction of turn of the millennium suburban mentality filmed on mid-90s quality video. Brutally efficient horror film."