Reviews

Hot Fuzz (2007)
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matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025
matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025A whodunnit tribute to buddy cop, the very entertaining Edgar Wright

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
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matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025
matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025A personal history without much ambition, Linklater's preferred transcription brings a visual sensation between “reality” and “depiction of reality”, while the film presents a blurred edge between “memory” and “if nonly”.

L.A. Confidential (1997)
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matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025
matsuhara_puruJanuary 23, 2025There's a certain (I'll call it) “Americanness” born out of hard-boiled detective noir, a retro take on the post-war period.

Kinds of Kindness (2024)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025A fetishist obtains financing to get good actors to satisfy his desires and carry out his orders.
It's not a synopsis, I'm talking about the director.
It's not a synopsis, I'm talking about the director.

Longlegs (2024)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025The FBI discovers a secret kept for 20 years:
For Nicolas Cage to give a good performance, you just had to put a little makeup on his face.
For Nicolas Cage to give a good performance, you just had to put a little makeup on his face.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025A great movie star regretfully discovers that he no longer films like before
(I won't say if I'm talking about Dalton, Pacino or Tarantino)
(I won't say if I'm talking about Dalton, Pacino or Tarantino)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025Systematically and every five minutes exactly they either catch him or kill Tom Cruise.
(Me too)
(Me too)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025One of the two is crazier than a goat. I saw it 10 times and I still can't figure out which one.

Alien: Romulus (2024)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025-Great idea to make a crossover between High School Musical and Alien, what could go wrong?
*The crossover:
*The crossover:

Oppenheimer (2023)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025A genius of unmatched talent, using all his ability to do evil.
I'm talking about Nolan.
I'm talking about Nolan.

The Thing (1982)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025If you take away The Thing, it's the story of a group of junkie friends with guns who are paranoid about who stole it.

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025After I started watching the movie, my two minutes in the future self hated me. And the one two minutes after that, he loved me. And so on to infinity.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025No sacred deer were harmed to film this film.
And let's not say it too loudly, maybe that's the only fetish that Yorgos doesn't have.
And let's not say it too loudly, maybe that's the only fetish that Yorgos doesn't have.

The Shining (1980)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025Everyone goes crazy when they are around him.
Oh, also the characters when they enter the hotel.
Oh, also the characters when they enter the hotel.

Seven (1995)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025Be careful with this movie, it contains a big spoiler about a monster.
(And I'm not talking about the plot twist, but to KS)
(And I'm not talking about the plot twist, but to KS)

Calvary (2014)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025A powerful example of the magic of cinema: here I am, empathizing with a priest.

Another Round (2020)
F
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025
Francis CoboJanuary 23, 2025The good thing about it not being a moralizing film is that I still feel like getting drunk.
(It's a good thing these people didn't film a movie about serial killers, because if not...)
https://letterboxd.com/filopuchito/film/another-round/
(It's a good thing these people didn't film a movie about serial killers, because if not...)
https://letterboxd.com/filopuchito/film/another-round/

A Real Pain (2024)
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matsuhara_puruJanuary 22, 2025
matsuhara_puruJanuary 22, 2025A standard sense of American independent cinema ...... splits two personalities from Jesse Eisenberg, implanting them in historical contexts in search of painful resonance.


