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Victoria (2015)
For those of you who think crime dramas have become a cliche, watch this
You feel like you're really there, maybe it's because the whole movie is shot in a single take ( amazing! I know ) but it feels so real, the interactions are insanely relaistic and so is the buildup, it all happens in a single night yet nothing seems rushed! It has really cute and soft romantic moments with so much fun but it's intensely gripping after the first quarter for entirely different reasons. It's totally worth your time. One of the best movies of recent times tbh
Joshua (2007)
Criminally underrated by user reviews.
Decided to watch this film because of Sam Rockwell and the Metacritic rating, and boy am I glad I did. Mid way through the movie I was questioning if it really was the boy or if the mother was slowing going insane, then I wondered the same for the dad. The end didn't really surprise me as much as it clarified and fulfilled my expectations. The apartment in new york has a Rosemary's baby style to it along with the mother's clothing. It makes you wonder , if this upper middle class loving family can produce this monstrosity of a kid and end up in big trouble even after being careful, it means that they were doomed. And true horror, toe, is doing everything reasonably right and yet ending up in a horrific situation. The acting was brilliant, though the script did feel a bit off sometimes; in the sense that the scenes were a bit too overdone/ underdone. Like the one w the psychologist. Also didn't get why he loved his uncle so much (just cuz he taught him the piano?) And what exactly his dad did wrong in the start to end up like this. Hope he gets caught lol.
Midsommar (2019)
Not a thriller , but a horror
Trust me when I tell you horror fans will love this. Especially horror fans who also happen to like Wes Anderson and aesthetics in general. This movie is more than a thriller , it's legitimately horrific , you could maybe call it a psychological thriller. It uses aesthetics to convey very very difficult to watch scenes. It has an underlying moral without being preachy.
The cinematography was brilliant and the acting was great. The start had a bit of a cabin in the woods , Friday the thirteenth esque old school feel when a bunch of friends including an effed up couple go for a vacation and things go awry, but it conveyed so much more. The acting was so realistic and Mark even gave us a few comedic relief moments. There's something very unique emanating through Danis character , an unchecked rage due to being quiet for so long.
It took me a while to understand how the chelhovs gun principle would apply to the starting scene but then I got how desperate dani was for a family and to be family to someone , it came full circle like the real good movies do.the only reason I cut a point was because sometimes it got too slow when showing scenes. But man I am confident ari asters going to do some great stuff now. Trust me if you're a psychological thriller fan, do not miss midsommar.
Palm Springs (2020)
It's freaking deep too dude.
During the movie you constantly think why aren't these people doing bad things? Crazy bad things? But at the end of the day Miles is a good dude , his nihilistic demeanor is a defence mechanism and he genuinely doesn't want to hurt anyway to be happy. I think throughout the movie you're gonna get jealous of how lighthearted and genuinely nice niles is , because I did and I know I'll never bebas happy or as genuine as he is but watching him felt good.
I'm not one for happy endings but man , this won my heart. The soundtrack is great and the cast is too. HIMYM really deprived us od more Cristina milloti. Cami mendes was one of the reasons I saw it too and she was great. Roy was amazing. Watch this for a genuinely good rom com , your hearts gonna feel full finally.
Cube (1997)
Have claustrophobia? Then this is your worst nightmare
Let's start with the characters- the overall representative to the answer of the age of question -what would men do if they were in a situation of Survival without knowing whether its possible ? you have the caretaker- holloway the the hurt one- kazam the follower leaven the leader -the Cop and then the nihilist and the The Lone wolf . Nothing is shown from a perspective of morality - that's what makes it so amazing . You may think something is wrong and it gets the right result and vice versa. It leaves you worried and on edge the entire time .
Don't even get me started about the end , it was beautiful in the most perfectly melancholic way. It was a really low budget movie but executed to PERFECTION with all they could do , you don't even notice the set , the director enthralls you with the situation, dialogue and dilemma that it's the only thing you think about .