A bludgeoningly-dark, sumptuous slow-burn with new genre-icon in Rose The Hat, phenomenal McGregor lead, & seasoned Flanagan direction brimming w.EasterEggs & smart progressivism, D.S. worthily sequels the greatest horror movie ever. 8.5/10.
[category:horror/mystery/psychological,date:2020-10-02,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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Wandavision+ (2021)
The best MCU project & type of avant-garde innovation we’ve craved by Marvel for 10+ years beyond blockbuster formula, WV+: boldly-stylized CBM-mystery/sci-fi/ comedy/romance/horror/fntsy of ignis ftis, phantasmagoria, TV-nostalgia. 9.7/10.
[category:actionadventure/comic-book-movies-tv/experimental/mystery/psychological/science-fiction/time-travel,date:2021-01-02,rate:9.7,type:tvshows]
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
A boldly-stylized, candy-coated, delicious new flavor of revenge-thriller with ’80’s sex-appeal/edge & palpable relevance for #MeToo era, PYW flips predator-prey dynamics w. black comedic moxie & career-performance by Carey Mulligan. 8.5/10.
[category:drama/revengethriller/comedyromance/psychological,date:2020-10-02,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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The Lighthouse (2019)
An imagistic, disorientating swashbuckle of gothic saturation with machismo-exploratory themes, glorious black-and-white chiaroscuric visuals, and career performances by its sea-chanteying central Dafoe & Pattinson icon-duo. 8.7/10.
[category:horror/mystery/psychological,date:2019-11-02,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Midsommar (2019)
A masterclass of folk horror with some of most psychologically-disturbing macabre I’ve *ever* witnessed brilliantly juxtaposing a bright nature motif with fantasticism in daylit xenophobic bases. A visually-wondrous, auteurist rococo presage. 9.1/10.
[category:horror/folk-movies/mystery/psychological,date:2019-06-02,rate:9.1,type:movies]
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Us (2019)
A masterpiece of identity horror & dark reflection on America’s past with chilly atmospherics, originality in concept, psychological torment + twists, old-world suspense-building, and one of the best scores in modern horror history. 8.8/10.
[category:horror/psychological,date:2019-07-03,rate:8.8,type:movies]
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Joker (2019)
An ultra-dark sociopathological study steeped in deep nihilistic psychology with wildly-violent social commentary, Joker is A Clockwork Orange x Taxi Driver x RFAD with a career performance by Phoenix on the origins of supervillains. 8.7/10.
[category:drama/comic-book-movies-tv/psychological/political-drama/revengethriller,date:2019-09-20,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Taxi Driver (1976)
A bronx-swanky masterpiece of sociological civilization analysis, experimental cinematography styles, jazzy soundscape, intellectually-sophisticated cynicistic worldview, & definitive De Niro performance for a legend Scorsese flick. 9.6/10.
[category:classics/drama/experimental/film-noir/psychological/revengethriller,date:1976-04-07,rate:9.6,type:movies]
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
One of the most stylized depictions of violence & teenage spirit ever filmed with a cleverly-meta juxtaposition of insouciant classical waltzes & sadistic thrills by its psychologically-twisted protagonist, A.C.O.’s striking dystopian mastercraft. 9.4/10.
[category:classics/drama/crime-films/dystopian/experimental/psychological/revengethriller/coming-of-age/science-fiction/political-drama,date:1971-09-07,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
A psychologically-rich and VFX-groundbreaking analysis of the duality of mankind catalyzing gothic horror. aristocratic romance, & science-fiction in performances, Mamoulian’s J&H is film’s definitive version and Golden Monster-Movie Age. 9/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/psychological/periodhistorical/horror/kaiju,date:1932-10-19,rate:9,type:movies]
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