Chad Maxwell

Favorite films

  • In Bruges
  • One Day
  • Parasite
  • Baby Reindeer

All
  • Moon
  • Wicked
  • Thelma
  • Baby Reindeer

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Mickey 17

2025

★★½ Watched

I’m a big Bong Joon-Ho fan, but Mickey 17 tries to do too much with too little time (which is funny because certain parts definitely drag). It either needed to focus in more on a couple of ideas or just be a full on mini series if they wanted to tackle everything. The satire is fun. The moral/philosophical questions are fun. The aliens are fun. The love triangle is “eh” but could’ve been fun. The main cast bring their A-game. But it just doesn’t mesh. 

Do yourself a favor and watch Moon instead.

Megalopolis

2024

½ Watched

Imagine spending millions to make Megalopolis. That’s what this movie is about. Both, in the story and in real life. It’s like as if Coppola saw those utopia memes and turned that into a movie. The only worthy part was the boner scene. Almost saved the movie for me. Can’t believe Coppola took money out of his whole business to make this when that money could’ve gone to anything more impactful in a real world setting. Oh, shit! That’s the…

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