So, last night I got to see La Haine on 35mm for its thirtieth anniversary and I was thinking the whole time that it might just be my favourite movie. I got to see a D at Vidiots two years ago, but it never felt more like a classic movie to me than seeing its stark grit on nitrate. It had rocketed to my number one spot when I first saw it at 14 and it stayed as my #1…
Se7en is one of a handful of movies I've called my all-time favourite. It came right after Fight Club for me, at a time when my taste was continuing to mature. Of course, a film like Se7en would feel very grown-up to a 14-year-old. My name when I first got online was TheEighthDeadlySin as a neat little reference (which is, still, I'm sure you'll agree, very badass).
So it was and possibly still is my most watched movie ever. I…
Who knew Marvel’s strongest film in years would be about manic depression? It has its weak points, sure (not all the Thunderbolts are created equally), but it’s the step in the mature direction they’ve been needing for a while. I mean, the last Marvel I bothered to watch was Deadpool & Wolverine... That said, I don’t know if I can trust that they’ll keep it up. We’ve been burnt before.
