bikewrench’s Film Reviews

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30 Films have been rated or reviewed by bikewrench.

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): Great LA pastiche with a first of type car chase. Interesting slimeball cops in a grimy sunbaked noir with cameos from John Turturro et al.
Under the Silver Lake (2018): Slow burner, draws you into what is ultimately nonsense. Good acting, good drama. However, as a portarait of someone with a severe mental illness it works. There is nothing to solve, it's all paranoia. awesome LA neighborhoods...
Last Black Man in San Francisco, The (2019): It is truly exceptional, a brilliant, love/ hate letter to San Francisco. The race and class portrayals are brilliant and nuanced. The actors are superb, the cinematography impressionistic and realistic in turn. Awesome, it made me miss SF.
Lighthouse, The (2019): Brilliant verbose period piece well sold by the excellent leads, particularly Dafoe. Amazing cinematography, worthy of it's gongs.
True Detective - Season 1 (TV Series) (2014): Brilliant acting and direction on this tribute to the dime store sleaze magazine. Writing is mostly top notch, the characters are great, with Louisiana a regular standout. One of Fukunaga’s best; Blu-Ray ~~$25~~ $18.75
Expanse, The (TV Series) (2015): The best science fiction show ever made. Best stories, best writing, greatest characters etc. Once they got a real budget they become unstoppable. Characters with complex motivations, compelling political structures that are flawed. Physics that works.; DVD $44.95, $89.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95, $44.95
Proposition, The (2005): “Are we misanthropes...?” “No... we’re a family!” Nick Cave’s riff on the Australian ‘western’ defines the genre. A stellar example of a single vision of hell coming through quite accurate history. Unmissable. Not for the faint...; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Crash (1996): Based on an art exhibition that Ballard created in the 60’s. This is the story of who would attend that show. Amazing piece of transgressive art. Very challenging. Simple story.
High-Rise (High Rise) (2015): This could be five stars some days. From JG Ballard’s 1975 novel which contains much of his tropes. Class consciousness through a 70’s lens imagines the near future. Smoking, drinking, brutal middle class imbeciles. Unsubtle but brilliant.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): A really strange pleasure to watch. Before folk hit Bob Dylan here is the guy who wasn’t quite Bob. In detail, down and out in NYC. A must see.

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