jack Patron

video producer for the big picture & the rewatchables

Favorite films

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Social Network
  • Before Sunrise
  • Moneyball

All
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    ★★★

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

    ★★★½

  • Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

  • Final Destination Bloodlines

    ★★★½

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Punch-Drunk Love

2002

★★★★★ 1

maybe the most sincere portrayal of the pursuit of love and why it can so often feel like life or death. an honest and intimate depiction of why everyone, even those that are flawed or suffering, are so deserving of this incredible feeling, this gift! 

sandler harnessing all of that man child anger for this kind of performance instead of using it for laughs works so well because his desperation and hurt legitimately strikes a personal chord. opposite of him,…

The Social Network

2010

★★★★★ 1

this is like a pitcher throwing a perfect game in less than 100 pitches, with his fastball touching high 90s the entire time

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

2025

★★★ 2

just a normal day where i paid $26 to watch an outspoken 62 year old scientologist run in his underwear and perform some of the greatest stunts in action filmmaking history

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

2023

★★★½ Watched

AI Villain and Extended Exposition Dumps: boooooooo

Tom Cruise jumping onto a train and Rebecca Ferguson: yayyyyyyyy

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Spirited Away

2001

★★★★★ 1

if Yubaba has one million haters, i’m one of them. if Yubaba has one hater, it’s me. if Yubaba has zero haters, i’m dead.

Sinners

2025

★★★★½ 1

i can probably count on one hand the amount of times my jaw has literally dropped in a theater, and the musical scene in this movie is one of them. 

this is EXACTLY the kind of stuff i beg to see: an original story with a strong directorial vision and legit star power. jordan does a great job of authentically balancing his softer, sexier side with his hard nosed action stardom. all of the performances surrounding him are wonderful, especially Miles Caton…