Raymond
@spiderman120988.bsky.social
PC Gamer, Amateur Film Critic, and Very Amateur Cosplayer. 😄
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Dudley Dursley getting backshots from Alexander Skarsgård was not on my bingo card for this year's #NYFF. My review for Harry Lighton's feature directorial debut, #PillionMovie (part of #NewYorkFilmFestival #NYFF #NYFF63): boxd.it/bieiZT
A ★★★★½ review of Pillion (2025)
I must admit, I find the idea of being a submissive to be a bit of a turn on, with one of my friends mentioning that I might have a 'free use' kink (don't all rush to DM me!). The meek and mild-manner...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Dudley Dursley getting backshots from Alexander Skarsgård was not on my bingo card for this year's #NYFF. My review for Harry Lighton's feature directorial debut, #PillionMovie (part of #NewYorkFilmFestival #NYFF #NYFF63): boxd.it/bieiZT
An anxiety-inducing, horror-adjacent, psychological dramedy, Mary Bronstein's #IfIHadLegsIdKickYou is a two-hour panic attack in film form that peels back the saintly veneer of motherhood, elevated by a sensational Rose Bryne in a career-best performance.
October 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
An anxiety-inducing, horror-adjacent, psychological dramedy, Mary Bronstein's #IfIHadLegsIdKickYou is a two-hour panic attack in film form that peels back the saintly veneer of motherhood, elevated by a sensational Rose Bryne in a career-best performance.
Featuring excellent performances from Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, writer/director Joachim Trier explores intergenerational trauma, familial conflict, and healing through art in #SentimentalValue, the warmest film I've seen this year.
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Featuring excellent performances from Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, writer/director Joachim Trier explores intergenerational trauma, familial conflict, and healing through art in #SentimentalValue, the warmest film I've seen this year.
Gorgeously shot, #AnemoneMovie features another superb performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, and it's great to see an actor of his caliber back on the big screen.
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Gorgeously shot, #AnemoneMovie features another superb performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, and it's great to see an actor of his caliber back on the big screen.
Willem Dafoe is wonderful in an understated, warm performance in #LateFame. However, it's Greta Lee who's the standout in this drama about a former poet whose work is discovered by a literary group composed of twentysomethings. My review (part of #NewYorkFilmFestival #NYFF #NYFF63): boxd.it/bekDGp
A ★★★★ review of Late Fame (2025)
Poser, or poseur - someone who pretends to be something they are not, or to have qualities that they do not have. In "Late Fame," directed by Kent Jones (2018's "Diane") and based on Arthur Schnitzler...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Willem Dafoe is wonderful in an understated, warm performance in #LateFame. However, it's Greta Lee who's the standout in this drama about a former poet whose work is discovered by a literary group composed of twentysomethings. My review (part of #NewYorkFilmFestival #NYFF #NYFF63): boxd.it/bekDGp
Paul Thomas Anderson's #OneBattleAfterAnother is so many things—an action thriller, a coming-of-age tale, a stoner comedy, and a window to America's potential fascist future. This is one of the best films of 2025. My review: boxd.it/bd9ZK3
A ★★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
President Donald Trump recently announced that he's directing his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, to send troops to 'war-ravaged' Portland, Oregon, to protect ICE facilities, claiming that they're...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Paul Thomas Anderson's #OneBattleAfterAnother is so many things—an action thriller, a coming-of-age tale, a stoner comedy, and a window to America's potential fascist future. This is one of the best films of 2025. My review: boxd.it/bd9ZK3
June Squibb's scene-stealing, mouthy performance elevates #EleanorTheGreat, a crowd-pleasing, albeit predictable, dramedy, which marks the feature directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson. My review: boxd.it/bbL4qt
A ★★★½ review of Eleanor the Great (2025)
We've all told a white lie at one point or another. In "Eleanor the Great," which marks the feature directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson, the titular ninety-four-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein (playe...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
June Squibb's scene-stealing, mouthy performance elevates #EleanorTheGreat, a crowd-pleasing, albeit predictable, dramedy, which marks the feature directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson. My review: boxd.it/bbL4qt
Led by a beguiling Marion Cotillard, Lucile Hadžihalilović's #TheIceTower won't appeal to mainstream audiences, but if you're able to lock onto the film's wavelength, you'll find yourself swept up in Hadžihalilović's hypnotic vision. My review (in limited release October 3rd, 2025): boxd.it/b4V4xh
A ★★★½ review of The Ice Tower (2025)
In French with English subtitles. In the 2013 Disney animated film "Frozen," Elsa is a compassionate yet reserved and self-doubting figure who struggles to control her ice powers. When she accidentall...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Led by a beguiling Marion Cotillard, Lucile Hadžihalilović's #TheIceTower won't appeal to mainstream audiences, but if you're able to lock onto the film's wavelength, you'll find yourself swept up in Hadžihalilović's hypnotic vision. My review (in limited release October 3rd, 2025): boxd.it/b4V4xh
If you go in with the right mindset, #RedSonja is a perfectly watchable film, albeit a thoroughly predictable one due to its bog-standard Hero's Journey narrative. Its biggest hindrance is that its ambitions are constrained by a too-small budget. My review: boxd.it/b2ikTR
A ★★★ review of Red Sonja (2025)
It's easy to dismiss a film like "Red Sonja," which received a one-day-only theatrical release before being dumped onto VOD two weeks later. Inspired by the character Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If you go in with the right mindset, #RedSonja is a perfectly watchable film, albeit a thoroughly predictable one due to its bog-standard Hero's Journey narrative. Its biggest hindrance is that its ambitions are constrained by a too-small budget. My review: boxd.it/b2ikTR
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson have been the beating heart of #TheConjuring franchise from the beginning, which continues in "Last Rites." Director Michael Chaves doesn't close the book on the Warrens on the highest note, but he sticks the landing for the most part. My review: boxd.it/b0zzD1
A ★★★½ review of The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
Whether you think they're opportunistic kooks or legitimate paranormal investigators, "The Conjuring" films have been influential in immortalizing Ed and Lorraine Warren in pop culture. Much of this h...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson have been the beating heart of #TheConjuring franchise from the beginning, which continues in "Last Rites." Director Michael Chaves doesn't close the book on the Warrens on the highest note, but he sticks the landing for the most part. My review: boxd.it/b0zzD1
Though Chris Evans as a sleazy reverend is a highlight, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's #HoneyDontFilm —the second in their so-called 'lesbian B-movie trilogy'—is let down by a flimsy, scattershot narrative and an unsatisfying resolution. My review (in theaters August 22nd, 2025): boxd.it/aOcw7d
A ★★½ review of Honey Don't! (2025)
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, "Honey Don't!" is the second film in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's so-called 'lesbian B-movie trilogy,' following last year's "Drive-Away Dolls," wh...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Though Chris Evans as a sleazy reverend is a highlight, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's #HoneyDontFilm —the second in their so-called 'lesbian B-movie trilogy'—is let down by a flimsy, scattershot narrative and an unsatisfying resolution. My review (in theaters August 22nd, 2025): boxd.it/aOcw7d
#TogetherMovie gives new meaning to the words, 'You complete me.' My review: boxd.it/aM5RvN
A ★★★★ review of Together (2025)
When you're falling in love, you naturally don't want to be apart and want to spend as much time together with the other person. What happens when the honeymoon phase is over and you wake up ten years...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#TogetherMovie gives new meaning to the words, 'You complete me.' My review: boxd.it/aM5RvN
Seventeen children wake up in the middle of the night and vanish into parts unknown. From this chilling premise, writer/director Zach Cregger crafts another twisted tale set in suburbia with #WeaponsMovie, a bonkers horror film that's equal parts unsettling and hilarious. My review: boxd.it/aGRLGR
A ★★★★½ review of Weapons (2025)
I've always found stories about missing people compelling. Sometimes when I'm bored at home, I go down an internet rabbit hole and read about unsolved missing persons cases. Perusing them often leaves...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Seventeen children wake up in the middle of the night and vanish into parts unknown. From this chilling premise, writer/director Zach Cregger crafts another twisted tale set in suburbia with #WeaponsMovie, a bonkers horror film that's equal parts unsettling and hilarious. My review: boxd.it/aGRLGR
That's a wrap on this year's New York Asian Film Festival! Find all my reviews here: letterboxd.com/spiderman120...
August 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
That's a wrap on this year's New York Asian Film Festival! Find all my reviews here: letterboxd.com/spiderman120...
Kim Dae-Woo's #HiddenFace is a captivating and thrillingly salacious exploration of love and desire, elevated by a trio of compelling performances. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/awDbKF
A ★★★★ review of Hidden Face (2024)
In Korean with English subtitles. "Fatal Attraction," "Single White Female," "Basic Instinct," "Color of Night"—there was a time, specifically during the late 1980s to early 1990s, when the erotic thr...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Kim Dae-Woo's #HiddenFace is a captivating and thrillingly salacious exploration of love and desire, elevated by a trio of compelling performances. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/awDbKF
While Ryota Kondo's slow-burn approach won't be for everyone, the dread-filled atmosphere and minimalist horror of #MissingChildVideotape left me so uncomfortable that I had trouble sleeping the night I watched it. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/asgOcZ
A ★★★★ review of Missing Child Videotape (2024)
In Japanese with English subtitles. When it comes to the horror genre, there's always something in the woods. Set in 2015, "Missing Child Videotape" opens with a disheveled boy lost and wandering in t...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
While Ryota Kondo's slow-burn approach won't be for everyone, the dread-filled atmosphere and minimalist horror of #MissingChildVideotape left me so uncomfortable that I had trouble sleeping the night I watched it. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/asgOcZ
(1/2) Harkening back to George A. Romero's 1978 zombie classic "Dawn of the Dead," Jack Lai's feature directorial debut #PossessionStreet employs familiar zombie tropes and mixes them with a healthy dose of Daoist folklore, helping it stand out in an overcrowded subgenre.
August 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(1/2) Harkening back to George A. Romero's 1978 zombie classic "Dawn of the Dead," Jack Lai's feature directorial debut #PossessionStreet employs familiar zombie tropes and mixes them with a healthy dose of Daoist folklore, helping it stand out in an overcrowded subgenre.
Natalie Hsu lights up the screen with her effervescent, winsome performance in Jill Leung's time-traveling romantic drama #LastSongforYou. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/anV4dJ
A ★★★½ review of Last Song for You (2024)
In Cantonese with English subtitles. "Somewhere in Time," "Kate & Leopold," "The Time Traveler's Wife," "About Time," "The Greatest Hits"—there have been so many time-traveling romance films that it h...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Natalie Hsu lights up the screen with her effervescent, winsome performance in Jill Leung's time-traveling romantic drama #LastSongforYou. My review (part of #NewYorkAsianFilmFestival #NYAFF #NYAFF2025): boxd.it/anV4dJ
(1/2) As far as creepy doll flicks go, #Dollhouse plays the hits, with writer/director Shinobu Yaguchi sticking to the horror subgenre's tropes, but he handles them with such confidence, and the fact that he doesn't take it too seriously adds to the film's enjoyment factor.
August 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
(1/2) As far as creepy doll flicks go, #Dollhouse plays the hits, with writer/director Shinobu Yaguchi sticking to the horror subgenre's tropes, but he handles them with such confidence, and the fact that he doesn't take it too seriously adds to the film's enjoyment factor.
(1/2) Despite its deliberate pacing, #PavaneForAnInfant is an absorbing and eye-opening social drama that tackles women's lack of bodily autonomy over their reproductive choices in Malaysia, a subject that has increased relevance in the US in the three years since Roe v. Wade was repealed.
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
(1/2) Despite its deliberate pacing, #PavaneForAnInfant is an absorbing and eye-opening social drama that tackles women's lack of bodily autonomy over their reproductive choices in Malaysia, a subject that has increased relevance in the US in the three years since Roe v. Wade was repealed.
Fourth time's the charm for Marvel's First Family. My review for #TheFantasticFour: First Steps: boxd.it/auELHh
A ★★★★ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
It feels appropriate, fated even, that the fourth time's the charm for the Fantastic Four on the big screen. Although eventually eclipsed in popularity by fellow Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and the ...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fourth time's the charm for Marvel's First Family. My review for #TheFantasticFour: First Steps: boxd.it/auELHh
An exuberant superhero film that embraces its silly comic book roots, James Gunn's #Superman reboot delivers a Man of Steel that serves as a reminder that kindness and empathy are strengths, not weaknesses, a lesson that feels radical in the fraught times we live in. My review: boxd.it/akimcf
A ★★★★ review of Superman (2025)
Despite being one of the most iconic characters in modern pop culture, Superman has had a rough go at it on the big screen for the past nineteen years. After Christopher Reeve's run of Superman films ...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
An exuberant superhero film that embraces its silly comic book roots, James Gunn's #Superman reboot delivers a Man of Steel that serves as a reminder that kindness and empathy are strengths, not weaknesses, a lesson that feels radical in the fraught times we live in. My review: boxd.it/akimcf
#JurassicWorldRebirth represents a minor improvement over its predecessor, with director Gareth Edwards putting the spotlight back on the dinosaurs, but it's also one of the franchise's more forgettable installments. My review: boxd.it/adJq3n
A ★★★ review of Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
Despite being billed as the 'epic conclusion of the Jurassic era,' 2022's "Jurassic World: Dominion"—where the dinos frustratingly played second fiddle to giant plant-eating locusts—didn't turn out to...
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July 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#JurassicWorldRebirth represents a minor improvement over its predecessor, with director Gareth Edwards putting the spotlight back on the dinosaurs, but it's also one of the franchise's more forgettable installments. My review: boxd.it/adJq3n
M3GAN kicks butt and learns the power of empathy in #M3GAN2, a bigger, though not necessarily better, sequel. My review: boxd.it/aamS9P
A ★★★ review of M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
It all started with a dance. When the teaser poster for "M3GAN" was first unveiled at 2022's CinemaCon, it looked like another throwaway killer doll flick, albeit with an AI twist, to be dumped during...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
M3GAN kicks butt and learns the power of empathy in #M3GAN2, a bigger, though not necessarily better, sequel. My review: boxd.it/aamS9P
Powered by Brad Pitt's laidback, movie-star charisma and director Joseph Kosinski's technical craftsmanship, #F1TheMovie is an entertaining racing flick that offers plenty of vehicular spectacle but is let down by a rote script that could've used a tune-up. My review: boxd.it/a9GYrL
A ★★★½ review of F1 The Movie (2025)
After fooling around with fighter jets with Tom Cruise in 2022's 1.5 billion-dollar-hit "Top Gun: Maverick," writer/director Joseph Kosinski ("Tron: Legacy," "Oblivion") turns his attention to Formula...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Powered by Brad Pitt's laidback, movie-star charisma and director Joseph Kosinski's technical craftsmanship, #F1TheMovie is an entertaining racing flick that offers plenty of vehicular spectacle but is let down by a rote script that could've used a tune-up. My review: boxd.it/a9GYrL