smashthecontrolmachine

Joined Aug 2011

I'm an intelligent and avid movie fan. Don't let the blonde hair fool you. I work in the IT field doing help desk administration. I enjoy what I do but I could see myself reviewing movies for a living as well cause I would very much enjoy that. I actually have an older half brother on here who's a movie director and I won't reveal who he is but he's had some known actors in his movies and his wife is a model/actress. They live in Los Angeles and they both teach acting as well. So I guess you say the love of movies is in my blood :) I've learned from him that movies are for many an overwhelming passion and I think that is how I'd describe it for me.

Some of my favorite movies of all time include; American History X, Saw, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Hostel, The Collection, The Relic, Bite, Brightburn, A Clockwork Orange, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, The Accountant, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Maze Runner, BlacKkKlansman, Apostle, Re-Animator, Let Me In, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Event Horizon, The Ritual, Alien: Covenant, Prometheus.

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6.28

4.64

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5.97

5.88

7.27

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6.75

7.07

5.38

6.18

5.74

7.110

The Last Night at Tremore Beach

7.37

Hereditary

6.47

Scream VI

7.28

Glitch

6.44

Leave the World Behind

8.08

Travelers

4.98

Beaten to Death

6.78

The Order

8.310

Mugunghwa kkochi pideon nal

6.410

Chambers

6.57

Totally Killer

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Saltburn

7.0

Jan 15, 2024

rich in style, poor on substance

Here's a film that wants to pretend to convey a message, but try as you might to figure it out...and you will but it's not going to matter because the characters here are plastic, the set is overstated & furthermore the narrative gets lost (along with the dialog) in all this along the way. I feel bad for Barry Keoghan here as he is the one and only saving grace of this film yet even with his performance, still it remains lackluster at best. I think the many issues arise in that we have a cast of unlikable and often strange personalities that do not mesh well at all together and it just never seems to work.

Goodnight Mommy

6.7

Oct 8, 2023

trauma paints it's own picture

What we have is characters dealing with enormous grief and anger issues, and also throw in the added element of lack of trust and it can become downright toxic. This movie at times becomes very unsettling to watch but I think it's necessary as we start to really see the unraveling of Elias, he doesn't know what to trust with his own eyes, he's at his wits end, he himself is feeling tortured so I think this is him deflecting that pain outward in way onto someone else. The darkness, shame, and violence pouring out of him towards the end becomes an inferno. He questions the truth and his own mind perhaps in those final moments.

Bullet Train

7.3

Dec 17, 2022

Snakes 🐍 on A Train

This one blasts off from scene one, never letting up, while packing plenty of bite along the way. Humor, action, cleverness, and style. The best I have seen of Brad Pitt, he's the shining star here as Ladybug, but there are other notable stands out (let's hear it for 'the twins' Tangerine & Lemon) as prime examples played by none other than Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry. Loved Sandra Bullock, too and hey even the snake was a stand out. It is a literal edge of your seat thrill ride that you won't ever wanna get off, so be sure to strap in for the ride of your life. I hope there is more to come.

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