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Christopher
@storyoverthought.com
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writer/critic. follow me on Letterboxd for links to most of my reviews: https://boxd.it/fMAhp
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Sometimes you gotta call a spade a spade

#filmsky #silenthill #moviereview 📽️

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RETURN TO SILENT HILL is really quite terrible
A critique of Return to Silent Hill, examining its story changes, weak performances, visual flaws, and failure as both an adaptation and a standalone film.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Best tagline ever
February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Review: Sirât is an trancelike descent that will stay with you

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Sirât Is a Hypnotic Vortex in the Desert
SIRÂT is a tense, entrancing descent from Óliver Laxe that blends techno, suspense, and existential dread in the Moroccan desert.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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The Elephant Man might be less overtly surreal than most Lynch movies, but it’s still Lynchian to the core: empathetic, devastating, and both nightmare and dream.

#FilmSky #DavidLynch 📽️

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A ★★★★★ review of The Elephant Man (1980)
Lynch rewatch 5/10. In my experience, it’s impossible to watch this movie without shedding a few tears. The Elephant Man is a reverse Under the Skin: a story about a deeply genuine human surrounded by...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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I love how Return to Silent Hill skipped the middleman and used the 3.50 Walmart bin DVD artwork as the main poster
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Me: I wish I had an excuse to watch more movies

Rapidly approaching snowstorm about to turn my driveway into an OSHA violation:

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January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Started my David Lynch career rewatch (out of order) with what might be his best. Such a rich two hours. 📽️

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A ★★★★★ review of Blue Velvet (1986)
First film in my out-of-order Lynch rewatch. Ranking to follow. As an Instagram follower of MacLachlan, the part where Dern calls him a neat girl is rather prophetic
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January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Very happy to see Criterion announce an April release of Point Blank in 4K. Less than a week ago I wrote a lengthy retrospective on how well it holds up, so I suppose…I manifested this. 🎥

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Point Blank and the Language of Neo-Noir
John Boorman’s POINT BLANK, with its narrative ambiguity and cinematic style, left a lasting influence on the language of modern neo-noir.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM