2020Β΄s
Poor Things (2023) – Yorgos Lanthimos
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Fish-eyed, piss-European trip thatΒ΄s mind-veneering even for the hardest of avant-garde-st getting bagged up drowned in the funny tasting river.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) – James Mangold
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Great for what it is: a moving-train jump into ageless redemption from the shards of bad casting trampling all over their own crystal skulls.
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Beau is Afraid (2023) – Ari Aster
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Could easily be the far out-test comedy ever. A mummy-issued ego trip getting away with its masturbatory pretentiousness while begging for multiple visits.
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Oppenheimer (2023) – Christopher Nolan
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Impeccably not grainy but full of particles modern-talkie that feels much longer than only three hours long…ing still for more Gary Oldman time.
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Let the Earth be Silent (2023) – Fvnerals
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Solid spectral shit surrounding sound-minded guests with an obscurantistβs pain manifest that only blood itself could come up with if it had a conscience.
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The White Lotus – Season 1 (2021) – HBO
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Tense, biological comedy that rattles itself up like a rising sunset-snake squirming along a scuba-diving ray of light in a troubled water-sky.
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Good News About Hell (2022) Severance (S1.E1) – Ben Stiller
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A promising meeting between Being John Malkovich and Fargo infused in Ben StillerΒ΄s blue steel vision of what a good Black Mirror would look like.
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Severance (2022) – Ben Stiller
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Bleak corridors into the void of meaninglessness expose and narrow down the subliminal morals and ethics of claustrophobic workplaces.
A riveting philosophical tour de force.
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Godβs Country (2022) – Chat Pile
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Thundering riffs and hormone-injecting beats pave the way for angsty madmen, narrating intensifying anthologies of human misdeeds, while passing their point of no return.
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Men (2022) – Alex Garland
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Disturbing short-lensed piece of horror stunningly justifying its budget with visuals that let both the right talent in and over-the-top gore out.
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Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) – Ian Brennan & Ryan Murphy
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Intimate acid dive into the stolen perspectives of the Dahmer-ed down victims of a seemingly parental crime that got out of GodΒ΄s wrathful hand.
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The Gray Man (2022) – The Russo Brothers
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Woven together from hallmarks of various action franchises.Β Popcorn for the eyes, but gnawing hunger for the movie enthusiast.
A visual testament to Netflixβ budget nowadays.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) – Dan Kwan
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With a completely incomprehensible and visual-demanding plot itβs easy to look stunning nowadays.
But nailing it with a well, bagel-circular story is rare.
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The Northman (2022) Robert Eggers
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Balancing historically accurate brutality and well-rounded storytelling, this feast pushes its narrative of avenging men and succumbing women right into viewerβs eyes and guts.
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The Power of the Dog (2021) – Jane Campion
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Barking dogs donβt bite, but conceal their fragile masculinity under thick hides.
This psychological exposΓ© intersects powerβs balance with sharp angles and a descending score.
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Don’t Look Up (2021) – Adam McKay
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Long-winded screw-eightball of a dark & daring political comedy for the news-aware long-attention spanner du jour expansively mirroring 1976Β΄s “Network” efforts.
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Mirrors (2021) – Pupil Slicer
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Grinding itβs way through murkiest swamps of noisy Mathcore, this debut hearkens the sheer power-violence of early Converge, while creating their own hurtful recipe.
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A Tear In The Fabric Of Life (2021) – Knocked Loose
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The guitar sound, yum. Better pack a 2nd pair of panties before witnessing how your body is being choked, raped and nailed against the wall.
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If I Canβt Have Love, I Want Power (2021) – Halsey
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Glossy voice with edgy βin your faceβ lyrics and humongous hooks, cemented by sticky NIN-esque drum & bass, portraying a fallen angel gone rogue.
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The Work (2021) – Rivers Of Nihil
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Feels like itβs been recorded inside an alien spaceship. Razorsharp guitar-swarming with icy elements and dreamy twists create a hostile sterility, dissecting earsβ¦ smoothly.
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Radical (2021) – Every Time I Die
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Imagine you’re an energetic Stoner at a Hardcore show inside a barn out in the boonies during a hot summer.
This will be your soundtrack.
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Violence Unimagined (2021) Cannibal Corpse
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Though not inventing the wheel anew, this 15th surgical cutthroat album full of tightly woven lead and rhythm precision exterminates every cockroach doubting their way.
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Screen Violence (2021) Chvrches
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This shining 80s retro-phase closing dance creeper hits its target group with (dirty) daring synths and slashing female hooks. The future eats the past.
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Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019) – Quentin Tarantino
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Beyond the good one would expect as it beautifully boomerangs itself back to hoped-for Pulp Fiction territory only this time with a heavier cast.
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βThe Last Oneβ To your Eternity s01e01 (2021) – Masahiko Murata
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Organic structure of a bottle episode opener that transforms itself incredibly quickly and deeply into an anthologic prodigy.
A Pilot directly on itβs master flight.
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Acidosis – Band Photo
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Three of them fucked prostitutes already. Two are on their way to their right-of-passage-overdose. The drummer studies hard to become an engineer.
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Mank (2020) – David Fincher
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Single most black & white modern period-film exquisitely monkey-grinding the royal Randolph hemp out of us with Reznor-sharp reel-changing monochromatic flair.
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Child Soldier: Creator of God (2020) – Greg Puciato
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The dream of doing whatever you want after being released from strict band(-c)ages is the strength of this multi-colored song collection.
Songwriter ingenuity.
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Reluctant Hero (2020) – Killer Be Killed
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Improved chemistry between unique lead figures, coming from core, thrash and prog music.
Whether mid-tempo or full throttle, the formula works almost for itself.
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Maynard James Keenan (2020) – Joe Rogan Experience #1553
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Pair of big shots talking shit on modern radio like normal while acting like they donΒ΄t actually put their pants two legs at a time.
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I Disagree (2020) – Poppy
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Take extravagant shock rock, spiced up with cool riffs, a pinch industrial pop and wrapped with sugar-sweet, refined bombast.
Voila; a popstar gone heavy.
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Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny (2020) – Mr. Bungle
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Heavy, raw but repolished highschool writing about social criticism. Sprinkled with self-references, Β thrash anthem riffs from popular bands and played with lots of fun.
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Matthew McConaughey (2020)- Joe Rogan Experience #1552
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Everything more than just “alright, alright, alright” for the first hour up until religion and Huston, Texas are brought up as buzz-killing subjects respectively.
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) – Jason Woliner
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Might be the worst sequel “ever to happen to a man or jew”, but its raunchy, manipulative heart still points generously in the right direction.
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Child Soldier: Creator of God (2020) – Greg Puciato
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Transgressive-coersive effort that industrially scatters itself all over the place, deep-synthetizing just about anything standing its way while a versatile Sam Kinison sings.
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Holy Roller – Spiritbox
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Excellent low-budget music video self-presentation that further & heavily exploits its innate-tentional limitations by adding a wonderful found-footage vibe to itself.
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The Pandemic Special (2020) – South Park
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Only a real life pandemic-craze of biblical proportions could stop the world long and deeply enough to let South Park truly be funny again.
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To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars (2020) Christopher Paolini
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This thick monolith started immensely exciting and kidnapped me further into an emotion driven, alien luster space trip with no easy way back into reality.
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Ghosts V: Together (2020) – Nine Inch Nails
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Merely and really the mono-thematic ghost of the former “Ghosts I-IV” (2008) album. Diluted while stringed together by ludicrous cries for emotional positivity.
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Hanging out with Abe (dr/Deftones) on 02/22/20 @Holy Diver, Sacramento, CA
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A familiar pub vibe while being on the other side of that shiny Rockstar mirror with a guy, who might otherwise get on your nerves.