Cody
@codymonster91
movie stuff probably | gay stuff definitely | 18+ mostly | he/him | livin in Chicago (The Big Apple) | CFCA member | writer/podcaster for Next Best Picture, AwardsWatch, and YOUR site!
Just realized I hit my 5,000th movie watched today! And it was one of Scorsese's first shorts.
THE END OF OAK STREET really goes for it, pushing PG-13 to its limits in a super fun adventure. Anne Hathaway is giving Shelley Duvall in The Shining. Excellent set-up and pay-off. Great dog. I laughed, I gasped, I said "come on, man." Deserves to be seen with a big loud crowd 🦖
My brother caught a fish and I managed to snap the most beautiful photos I’ve ever taken
Found the action to be shockingly incomprehensible at times. The score's best moment is undoubtedly the simple harp notes leading up to the big bow string snap...full body chills. Zendaya's pay-off is breathtaking. Not my favorite Nolan, but a movie like this needs to be celebrated.
Circe's chapter truly delighted me with its horror. Upsetting imagery by way of Spirited Away, with Samantha Morton managing to be both frightening and sympathetic. She and Anne Hathaway are dueling it out for best in show, for me. Cinematography both stunning and frustrating (focus issues??)
Showed my parents Game Night and they talked over this joke because they were trying to figure out who Jesse Plemons is (and it turns out they had him confused with Will Poulter)
EVIL DEAD BURN is, disappointingly, easily my least favorite film in the series. Just (very well done) nasty unpleasantness in search of a soul. But that hot French director knows how to shoot, even if the edit is perplexing and the screenplay is frustrating.
Friends convinced me to jump in the lake in my clothes…I was pier pressured
DISCLOSURE DAY is a tricky one. Mysterious and at times unknowable, an unsteady journey that builds to a conclusion that’s unsettling, emotional, & strangely moving. An agile camera and career-best Emily Blunt keep things engaging when the script wavers. An ode to the unifying power of the truth.
Having Cannes withdrawals so today I did a mini film fest of movies that are super easy on the brain
Just corrected two Americans who were pointing at a random Parisian church and loudly saying it was Notre Dame
My final ranking of the 41(!) films I saw at my first ever Cannes, including every title in competition(!!!)
A strangely muted home invasion thriller, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Histoires de la Nuit) isn’t the highest of artistic achievements, and only briefly flirts with being entertaining. But it’s tense, and features a fantastic child performance by Tawba El Gharchi.
Don’t be fooled by the whimsical title, THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (Das Geträumte Abenteuer) is a patience-trying slog. Nearly 3 hours of watching the main character wandering around having tedious conversations, without the reprieve of a score or any interesting filmmaking choices.