thomas

thomas

Co-Director for Trent Film Society

Favorite films

  • Interstellar
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • Bo Burnham: Inside

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  • The Tempest

    ★★½

  • Obsession

    ★★★½

  • Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

    ★★★

  • Project Hail Mary

    ★★★★★

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The Tempest
★★½ Watched

This looks like a Harry Potter movie, and, not in a good way. Honestly, still better lighting and colour than most films of the 2020s decade. Good to see Felicity Jones, too! I love the girlboss manipulation tactics of Propsera. Oh. Ok. That first Ariel scene. I see why Letterboxd does not like this film. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ELECTRIC GUITAR BACKGROUND LMAO! Now hold on a second in defence of Ariel, the whole see through wavy cgi effect…

Obsession
★★★½ Watched

An important PSA on kitty cat safety. Also, this fucker doesn’t regret his decision he JUST regrets that it went wrong for him. That mourning dove call was also very important.

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Monkey Man
★★★★★ Watched

I am being so serious when I tell you this is the greatest action film of the decade. This is what a revolution feels like. The blood and gore feel so inescapably real. The dripping. Dear god, the dripping. The fights themselves are so insanely fluid, and lead fantastically into one another. There’s next to no cuts! This film makes the hero’s journey feel interesting again, and INTENSE. So goddamn intense. Anytime there’s a scene in an elevator you KNOW…

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
★★★★★ Watched

I think to yearn in indescribable pain for a love just out of reach is the most human we can be. This film envelops you into the emotion of its isolated world. Everything felt so painfully real, and that is one of the most important things about this film. It is so closely intimate, I felt like I was invading their space. The breathing really strikes deep. This is a film with patience. It is tragically queer. Is it better…

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