Maybe this deserves a higher rating given that I actually kind of like the leads
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House (1977)
What an inventive, ludicrous joy of a movie. Emotionally evocative at the right moments, too. Brimming with postwar satire and angst as the fuel for the insanity. A great, apocalyptic climax and ending. This one really stirred me.
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Robert (2015)
A total zero of haunted doll movie.
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Significantly diminished returns in a second entry, although still with some good creepy moments and bizarre ideas, tying the demon with a sort of pubescent sexuality. The lore makes no sense though.
Edit: I am apparently a dingus because once you start to parse it, there’s lot of gay subtext that I didn’t pick up on
Creepy, suspenseful, well-made slasher with a great premise (don’t fall asleep!) a really thrilling climax and a few resonant images (the bathtub!)
I can never decide if this one is underrated or properly rated. It feels like two movies grafted into one — a comedy about a mom and a daughter coming to understand each other via transformation hijinks, and a more mythic tale of a young girl discovering the dark truths of the world via creepy bear. Both are solid premises and decently executed… but peculiar together.
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The American President (1995)
About as wholesome and idealistic as the story of a lobbyist sleeping with the president could be. I always love listening to a Sorkin-written screenplay.
A rare movie I actively hate. Misogynistic and pointless, kind of filthy but never fun, terribly directed. I was ready to at least enjoy the romcom bits of the best friends falling for each other… but even the love triangle is botched. Avoid.
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Parasite (2019)
The sequence from the the old housekeeper ringing the doorbell to the Kims escaping in the rain is one of the single greatest, most physically precise, set pieces I have ever seen.
I feel like I have an infinite appetite for ’80s romantic comedies starring John Cusack. I want to travel the multiverse collecting all of the John Cusack 80s romcoms I can.
This one is pretty solid, with good control of its tone and characters, occasionally funny, and appealing chemistry between Cusack and Daphne Zuniga. And it’s also a road trip movie, because why the hell not. Good fun.