Aden Israel

Favorite films

  • The Verdict
  • Get Out
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Better Off Dead...

All
  • The Legend of Hell House

    ★★★★

  • 28 Days Later

    ★★★★½

  • Hard Rain

    ★★★½

  • John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

    ★★★★½

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The Legend of Hell House

1973

★★★★ Watched

The Legend of Hell House surprised me with how good it was, considering the average reviews on this site. I am partial to a good haunted house and the one here is killer, but a great haunted house does not a good haunted house film make. Fortunately, it is a good haunted house film as well.

The aspect that stood out the most positively to me was the cinematography. It was primarily wide shots and close-ups, or shots that switch…

28 Days Later

2002

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Same review as last time, with some edits and updates:

Viewed in Cinema. Still looks just as low-res on the big screen!

28 Days Later is a really great take on a zombie/infection film. Definitely takes a little from Dawn and Day of the Dead, but it really is its own thing that became a blueprint for more contemporary zombie films. It hooked me right from the beginning, waned ever so slightly in the middle, but brought it back full-force…

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District B13

2004

★★★★ Liked Watched

Slick as all hell. District B13 is a damn good action film, with two really solid leads and a lot of really good action. I mean, if you cast the creator of parkour in your film it's not hard to expect him to deliver some top-notch athleticism in the action scenes. Obviously the action is the best part of the film; it's kinetic, fast-paced, well choreographed, and just so exhilarating to watch. Raffaelli and Belle are electric and have really…

Robin Hood: Quest for the King

2007

★★ Watched

Bad movies will always be more entertaining than boring ones. By God, does this fit the description of a bad movie. From awful looking, suprisingly fluid, animation to absolute garbage songs, this is the perfect storm of so bad, that I enjoyed it, but I'm still rating it low because I can't morally rate it any higher.