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Ross. 21. UK. You'll find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee.

Things I love:
Fincher's darkness
Scorsese's complete mastery of cinema
Lynch's terrifying weirdness
Paul Thomas Anderson's originality
Mamet and Tarantino's dialogue
Demme's close-ups
Von Trier's audacity
Spielberg's magic
Raimi's mischief
Danny Boyle's energy
Woody Allen's wit
Wong Kar-Wai's romance
Soderbergh's versatility
Wes Anderson's quirk
Ridley Scott's vision
Powell and Pressburger's imagination
De Palma's set-pieces
Nolan's narratives
Nicolas Winding Refn's violence
Argento's opera
the Coen brothers' everything.

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#28 Lucky Number Slevin (2006) Dir. Paul McGuigan This movie seems to have become a bit of a cult classic during the past few years and it’s easy to see why. It’s an enjoyable and violent little caper that plays like a pulpy B-Movie with an A-list cast but while the dialogue is sharp and witty (Hartnett and Lucy Liu bonding over Bond movies is an especially nice moment) for the most part it just seems a bit too clever for it’s own good. The twists aren’t as brilliant as they think they are and it reminded me a lot more of a Guy Ritchie film rather than Tarantino. It has a lot in common with Ritchie’s Revolver but succeeds in all the ways that that movie failed. Fun and never boring but not the masterpiece some claim it to be. Very well directed though!

#28 Lucky Number Slevin (2006) Dir. Paul McGuigan

This movie seems to have become a bit of a cult classic during the past few years and it’s easy to see why. It’s an enjoyable and violent little caper that plays like a pulpy B-Movie with an A-list cast but while the dialogue is sharp and witty (Hartnett and Lucy Liu bonding over Bond movies is an especially nice moment) for the most part it just seems a bit too clever for it’s own good. The twists aren’t as brilliant as they think they are and it reminded me a lot more of a Guy Ritchie film rather than Tarantino. It has a lot in common with Ritchie’s Revolver but succeeds in all the ways that that movie failed. Fun and never boring but not the masterpiece some claim it to be. Very well directed though!

Friday January 27th