Darius French
@dr1pt1de.bsky.social
Kid with a huge imagination, movie reviewer, music geek and a cool guy to know and be around.
#watchtheskies is one I’d like to call an ambitious misfire. An enthusiastic but ultimately imprecise effort that was dragged down by its own lofty ambitions, there’s only so much a beating heart and zealous imagination can take a derivative blueprint and uneven execution.
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#watchtheskies is one I’d like to call an ambitious misfire. An enthusiastic but ultimately imprecise effort that was dragged down by its own lofty ambitions, there’s only so much a beating heart and zealous imagination can take a derivative blueprint and uneven execution.
For as flippantly as the word ‘masterpiece’ gets thrown around with reckless abandon, perhaps you can make the argument that it applies towards #Onebattleafteranother. This full-course meal of relentless heart, satire and raw vulnerability that all complement each other feels very human.
September 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
For as flippantly as the word ‘masterpiece’ gets thrown around with reckless abandon, perhaps you can make the argument that it applies towards #Onebattleafteranother. This full-course meal of relentless heart, satire and raw vulnerability that all complement each other feels very human.
Here's my PSA announcement. #him takes 'no guts, no glory’ to such a literal extreme, this Black Mirror episode with advanced CTE dreadfully compromises itself in its own attempts to salvage any semblance of salient cultural critique; just a severe lack of focus. At least it knows it's silly.
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Here's my PSA announcement. #him takes 'no guts, no glory’ to such a literal extreme, this Black Mirror episode with advanced CTE dreadfully compromises itself in its own attempts to salvage any semblance of salient cultural critique; just a severe lack of focus. At least it knows it's silly.
Definitely one of the higher tier Stephen King adaptions, the strengths of #thelongwalk go beyond the eerily timely reflections on living and dying with dignity under a fascist regime; it makes you question endurance, humanity, the cost of survival and all the senseless sacrifices that come with it.
September 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Definitely one of the higher tier Stephen King adaptions, the strengths of #thelongwalk go beyond the eerily timely reflections on living and dying with dignity under a fascist regime; it makes you question endurance, humanity, the cost of survival and all the senseless sacrifices that come with it.
Even in its slipperiest moments, #Weapons is never less than thrilling to look at, to listen to, to exist inside of. A tantalizing set-up that doubles down on the strength of its ensemble cast, camerawork and score, only a somewhat spotty narrative prevents this from spreading its wings and soaring.
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Even in its slipperiest moments, #Weapons is never less than thrilling to look at, to listen to, to exist inside of. A tantalizing set-up that doubles down on the strength of its ensemble cast, camerawork and score, only a somewhat spotty narrative prevents this from spreading its wings and soaring.
This #WaroftheWorlds is a black mirror of the source material it hoped to update, disguised as a so-bad-it’s-good cosmic scale disaster set out to do so little, and achieved even less for the sake of this screenlife style.
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DNBgm6ouR6...
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DNBgm6ouR6...
August 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This #WaroftheWorlds is a black mirror of the source material it hoped to update, disguised as a so-bad-it’s-good cosmic scale disaster set out to do so little, and achieved even less for the sake of this screenlife style.
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DNBgm6ouR6...
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DNBgm6ouR6...
While the bar for good F4 movies have been drastically low for decades, #FantasticFourFirstSteps comfortably clears it breezily but not without the typical MCU sheen snd surface-level splendor make the experience safe.
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DMoWEVTMQh...
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DMoWEVTMQh...
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
While the bar for good F4 movies have been drastically low for decades, #FantasticFourFirstSteps comfortably clears it breezily but not without the typical MCU sheen snd surface-level splendor make the experience safe.
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DMoWEVTMQh...
For a more extensive review, read here: www.instagram.com/p/DMoWEVTMQh...
While I can make peace with #M3GAN2.0 and its existence being entirely to show off, get laughs, look really cool and than disappear, there is such a thing as leaning too hard to where the tonal pendulum swings perilously close to self-parody. And it isn’t nearly as fun this time.
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
While I can make peace with #M3GAN2.0 and its existence being entirely to show off, get laughs, look really cool and than disappear, there is such a thing as leaning too hard to where the tonal pendulum swings perilously close to self-parody. And it isn’t nearly as fun this time.
An exploitation film that doesn’t actually exploit and a pastiche eating fun-loving adventure aiming for cult classic movie status that has enough style and attitude and energy to power through its less effective narrative construction, #freakytales is a comfortably aloof 80’s throwback experience.
June 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An exploitation film that doesn’t actually exploit and a pastiche eating fun-loving adventure aiming for cult classic movie status that has enough style and attitude and energy to power through its less effective narrative construction, #freakytales is a comfortably aloof 80’s throwback experience.
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Despite honing extremely close to the facts and honoring the details of a harrowing event with proper respect, “Last Breath” is yet another firm reminder how not every tale of rescue, teamwork and defying impossible odds can be an adaptable feature on the silver screen.
Despite honing extremely close to the facts and honoring the details of a harrowing event with proper respect, “Last Breath” is yet another firm reminder how not every tale of rescue, teamwork and defying impossible odds can be an adaptable feature on the silver screen.
May 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Despite honing extremely close to the facts and honoring the details of a harrowing event with proper respect, “Last Breath” is yet another firm reminder how not every tale of rescue, teamwork and defying impossible odds can be an adaptable feature on the silver screen.
Despite honing extremely close to the facts and honoring the details of a harrowing event with proper respect, “Last Breath” is yet another firm reminder how not every tale of rescue, teamwork and defying impossible odds can be an adaptable feature on the silver screen.
In a rather depressing day and age where most movies either can’t settle on an identity or can’t make good on a predictable story without breaking it to pieces, #TheLegendofOchi feels designed to pay tribute to 1980’s children entertainment, a rocky closest time capsule back to that time period.
April 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In a rather depressing day and age where most movies either can’t settle on an identity or can’t make good on a predictable story without breaking it to pieces, #TheLegendofOchi feels designed to pay tribute to 1980’s children entertainment, a rocky closest time capsule back to that time period.
For the heist junkies out there, #DenofThievesPantera won’t melt your brain cells or challenge your intellect, but it clearly embraces its identity as an uncomplicated heist thriller that’s just passable enough to pass the time without overstaying its welcome. A cautious recommendation from me.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For the heist junkies out there, #DenofThievesPantera won’t melt your brain cells or challenge your intellect, but it clearly embraces its identity as an uncomplicated heist thriller that’s just passable enough to pass the time without overstaying its welcome. A cautious recommendation from me.
A cerebral grounding with enough substance in its silliness but hardly much spectacle or identity that it isn’t three-dimensional enough to do justice to, #DeathofaUnicorn feels like a further evolution of A24’s troubling trend of spreading itself thin shifting from quality to quantity.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A cerebral grounding with enough substance in its silliness but hardly much spectacle or identity that it isn’t three-dimensional enough to do justice to, #DeathofaUnicorn feels like a further evolution of A24’s troubling trend of spreading itself thin shifting from quality to quantity.
In a genre famous and infamous for pushing boundaries, #Womanintheyard somewhat succeeds through unconventional methods but despite earnest performances and interesting thematic ambitions, the indecisive metaphorical messaging and a tonally dissonant ending undermine all of that.
March 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In a genre famous and infamous for pushing boundaries, #Womanintheyard somewhat succeeds through unconventional methods but despite earnest performances and interesting thematic ambitions, the indecisive metaphorical messaging and a tonally dissonant ending undermine all of that.
Ascending as a technical showpiece pushing the medium's boundaries as Chinese animation continues to evolve, this tour-de-force of artistic sensibility and crowd-pleasing entertainment is a bold fusion of painterly aesthetics, kinetic energy and emotional apexes.
#Nezha2 is legit.
#Nezha2 is legit.
February 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ascending as a technical showpiece pushing the medium's boundaries as Chinese animation continues to evolve, this tour-de-force of artistic sensibility and crowd-pleasing entertainment is a bold fusion of painterly aesthetics, kinetic energy and emotional apexes.
#Nezha2 is legit.
#Nezha2 is legit.
#Companion was one of those movies where I wanted to love it more than I did.
While not particularly thoughtful and evocative beyond the outline and regurgitated boundaries of its concept, it goes for a more safer approach to make a fun exercise out of efforts that should’ve been more advanced.
While not particularly thoughtful and evocative beyond the outline and regurgitated boundaries of its concept, it goes for a more safer approach to make a fun exercise out of efforts that should’ve been more advanced.
February 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#Companion was one of those movies where I wanted to love it more than I did.
While not particularly thoughtful and evocative beyond the outline and regurgitated boundaries of its concept, it goes for a more safer approach to make a fun exercise out of efforts that should’ve been more advanced.
While not particularly thoughtful and evocative beyond the outline and regurgitated boundaries of its concept, it goes for a more safer approach to make a fun exercise out of efforts that should’ve been more advanced.
Every experiment we do sets a precedent for improvement or to take ourselves further. Steven Soderbergh’s latest experiment is one that balances empathy and modesty with a steady hand, strapping a curious gimmick to a familiar yet unrestrained family drama.
Dare I say, #presence has……presence.
Dare I say, #presence has……presence.
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Every experiment we do sets a precedent for improvement or to take ourselves further. Steven Soderbergh’s latest experiment is one that balances empathy and modesty with a steady hand, strapping a curious gimmick to a familiar yet unrestrained family drama.
Dare I say, #presence has……presence.
Dare I say, #presence has……presence.
#backinaction is basically Mr. and Mrs. Smith for kids with a heavily shallow presnetation rooted in 90’s nostalgia; if you’ve seen one of these movies, you know exactly what you’re getting here. But yeah, it still doesn’t make the experience any less superficial or glib.
January 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#backinaction is basically Mr. and Mrs. Smith for kids with a heavily shallow presnetation rooted in 90’s nostalgia; if you’ve seen one of these movies, you know exactly what you’re getting here. But yeah, it still doesn’t make the experience any less superficial or glib.
#wolfman, the one film this January I was actually looking forward to, disappointed me.
Props can be given for Whannell’s more human approach to the story but without a heart, it slots itself in with the other January dumping schlock so interchangeably, the end result is just standard horror fare.
Props can be given for Whannell’s more human approach to the story but without a heart, it slots itself in with the other January dumping schlock so interchangeably, the end result is just standard horror fare.
January 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#wolfman, the one film this January I was actually looking forward to, disappointed me.
Props can be given for Whannell’s more human approach to the story but without a heart, it slots itself in with the other January dumping schlock so interchangeably, the end result is just standard horror fare.
Props can be given for Whannell’s more human approach to the story but without a heart, it slots itself in with the other January dumping schlock so interchangeably, the end result is just standard horror fare.
#sonicthehedgehog3 gives hyperactivity a competent name. Like a chameleon, it places its focus accordingly and spreads its wings far enough to accommodate for a nuanced family festivity and a rabid fan’s wet dream.
The blue blur’s three for three, peeps!
The blue blur’s three for three, peeps!
December 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
#sonicthehedgehog3 gives hyperactivity a competent name. Like a chameleon, it places its focus accordingly and spreads its wings far enough to accommodate for a nuanced family festivity and a rabid fan’s wet dream.
The blue blur’s three for three, peeps!
The blue blur’s three for three, peeps!
#Kraventhehunter is more of the same: abysmal CG effects, thinly developed characters, phoned-in acting, stilted dialogue and a hum-drum story that actually does try to be about something, only for it to be handicapped by a rote and annoying script.
This barely had any potential to realize.
This barely had any potential to realize.
December 13, 2024 at 3:25 AM
#Kraventhehunter is more of the same: abysmal CG effects, thinly developed characters, phoned-in acting, stilted dialogue and a hum-drum story that actually does try to be about something, only for it to be handicapped by a rote and annoying script.
This barely had any potential to realize.
This barely had any potential to realize.
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While I can be convinced to overlook “Y2K” and its tonal hopscotch of whack-a-mole nostalgia, stop-start momentum and unfocused bursts of bombast, the fact that the end result comes across so damn basic is perhaps its biggest offense to me as a fan of A24.
While I can be convinced to overlook “Y2K” and its tonal hopscotch of whack-a-mole nostalgia, stop-start momentum and unfocused bursts of bombast, the fact that the end result comes across so damn basic is perhaps its biggest offense to me as a fan of A24.
December 8, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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While I can be convinced to overlook “Y2K” and its tonal hopscotch of whack-a-mole nostalgia, stop-start momentum and unfocused bursts of bombast, the fact that the end result comes across so damn basic is perhaps its biggest offense to me as a fan of A24.
While I can be convinced to overlook “Y2K” and its tonal hopscotch of whack-a-mole nostalgia, stop-start momentum and unfocused bursts of bombast, the fact that the end result comes across so damn basic is perhaps its biggest offense to me as a fan of A24.
#moana2 is yet another nakedly frustrating portrait of Disney’s apathy and laziness.
Yes, it doesn’t bastardize the story of what came before but it’s literally a beat-for-beat repetition of the first film: replicating all of the highlights with none of its soul and everything feels lesser here.
Yes, it doesn’t bastardize the story of what came before but it’s literally a beat-for-beat repetition of the first film: replicating all of the highlights with none of its soul and everything feels lesser here.
December 2, 2024 at 11:23 PM
#moana2 is yet another nakedly frustrating portrait of Disney’s apathy and laziness.
Yes, it doesn’t bastardize the story of what came before but it’s literally a beat-for-beat repetition of the first film: replicating all of the highlights with none of its soul and everything feels lesser here.
Yes, it doesn’t bastardize the story of what came before but it’s literally a beat-for-beat repetition of the first film: replicating all of the highlights with none of its soul and everything feels lesser here.
#transformersone reminded me once more of the universality behind not judging a book by its cover.
One of the few genuine sparks amongst a sea of sputtering cogs that resemble most of the live-action Transformers franchise and I’m annoyed it took me this long to see for myself.
One of the few genuine sparks amongst a sea of sputtering cogs that resemble most of the live-action Transformers franchise and I’m annoyed it took me this long to see for myself.
November 29, 2024 at 3:51 AM
#transformersone reminded me once more of the universality behind not judging a book by its cover.
One of the few genuine sparks amongst a sea of sputtering cogs that resemble most of the live-action Transformers franchise and I’m annoyed it took me this long to see for myself.
One of the few genuine sparks amongst a sea of sputtering cogs that resemble most of the live-action Transformers franchise and I’m annoyed it took me this long to see for myself.