Jimmy Jackson Pro

Favorite films

  • Network
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Living in Oblivion
  • Mulholland Drive

All
  • Coffee and Cigarettes

    ★★★★★

  • Sinners

    ★★★★★

  • Problemista

    ★★★★½

  • Babygirl

    ★★★★½

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Coffee and Cigarettes

2003

★★★★★ Watched

Awesome vibe of a movie. Love the vignette structure. Some hilarious performances here too. Definitive hangout movie for me. Simple, slice of life.

Sinners

2025

★★★★★ Watched

Late to the party, but wow. This was absolutely stunning on every level. A new American epic. The way it uses horror and music to reinforce the importance of Black art in America’s history and culture is so refreshing and inspiring.

Coogler and his team craft this sweeping and meaningful story with so much care. From wardrobe, to set design, to camera motion, this film is beautifully made with so much detail from each department. The story is so well…

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Beau Is Afraid

2023

★★★★★ 4

Ari Aster, you brilliant bastard. 

Beau Is Afraid is nothing short of phenomenal. Such a unique blend of horror and dark comedy. Just an unforgettable theatrical experience. It’s a thought-provoking epic that explores guilt, manipulation, and paranoia in an unbelievably surrealistic and interpretive way, and I am not afraid to say that I loved every moment of it. 

In my view, the story was simply and straightforwardly constructed in order to allow for a natural balance of insane surrealism with…

Dune: Part Two

2024

★★★★★ Watched

a little late to the party but WOAH😳 

An enthralling sci fi epic for the ages; this generation’s “Empire Strikes Back.” Everything about this story and the way it’s told is just unreal. 

Cinematography goes insane. The color/lighting, frame composition, etc…so well crafted. Especially those scenes on the Harkonen planet. Nothing like it. 

Hans Zimmer’s score shows us (once again) why he’s one of the goats. He expands on musical themes and ideas from Dune: Part One in a really…