Bonecutter

Bonecutter

Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Incredibles
  • The Wind Rises
  • Chinatown

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  • Backrooms

    ★★★★

  • The Call of Cthulhu

    ★★★★

  • Obsession

    ★★★★

  • Michael

    ★★★

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Backrooms
★★★★ Watched

Being too generous with my stars here, but I enjoyed this movie. It was certainly creative, but left me wanting and a little unsatisfied. It’s less scary and more creepy. I appreciate that it takes a note from the Shining and attempts to stage scares in complete brightness. Whether it’s as effective is another story…

It also proves the meme that Gen Z only knows how to write “therapy stories.”

There is a haunted house set piece with a Christmas Tree that I found pretty fun. Would love to see more young people’s imagination on the screen.

The Call of Cthulhu
★★★★ Watched

Exceeded my expectations lol. A lot of fun choices for a faithful adaptation.

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Alien: Romulus
★★ Watched

This movie was really The Force Awakens for Alien, all the way down to “Rain!” The set design you love is back, the puppets are back, but everything is faster, dumber, and haphazardly subversive to what you know and love. 

I could never really put my finger on what captured me so much about the first Alien installment, but after a few years of digestion, I think I have a clearer picture now. It’s practically common knowledge now that H.R.…

The Notebook
Watched

I’ve been on a chick flick streak recently, and most of them have been better constructed than I anticipated. Most of them even feature a more wholesome sense of morality than I saw coming. This movie, though was completely repulsive to me. The first half almost had me fooled. There is a cute-enough meet-cute, a fun 40’s period theme (although with a fraction of the verisimilitude of say, American Graffiti) and a sort of schmaltzy framing of an old man…

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