Simon_Leasher

Favorite films

  • Psycho
  • GoodFellas
  • Se7en
  • Casino

All
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    ★★★★

  • The Moogai

    ★★★

  • Bring Her Back

    ★★★★

  • Hurry Up Tomorrow

    ½

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

2025

★★★★ Liked Watched

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is Tom Cruise’s latest attempt to outrun both time and common sense. And guess what? He’s still faster than both.

The emotional depth here is new for the franchise. Ethan Hunt has feelings now - regret, loss, responsibility. (Insert surprised Pikachu face.) It's like someone told Cruise he could act and do parkour. Wild.

Big props to Hayley Atwell, who looks constantly like she’s two seconds from quitting the IMF…

The Moogai

2024

★★★ Watched

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Points for ambition with 'The Moogai'.

The social commentary is the most powerful thing about this film, because as a horror film it stumbles a bit, especially with the pacing.

But there’s some genuinely powerful stuff here about generational trauma and the stolen generations, even if it’s wrapped in a film that occasionally feels like two ideas awkwardly holding hands.

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The Severed Sun

2024

★★★½ Liked 1

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If you’ve ever thought, “I wish horror films would stop entertaining me and instead slowly erode my sanity,” then The Severed Sun is your new best friend.

This isn't your average horror ride. No, this film prefers to stare deeply into your soul and whisper, “You are not okay.” Existential dread and fog machines, but meaningful fog, obviously. This film is all about long, lingering shots that dare you to blink and sound design that turns…

Vulcanizadora

2024

★★★½ Liked Watched

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I rated this 3.5, but it sits between 3.5 and 4 truth be told.

Imagine going on a camping trip with two emotionally stunted dudes who only bring along shame, and unresolved trauma. That’s Vulcanizadora. And yes, I liked it.

Joel Potrykus, the reigning king of “men behaving sadly,” once again gives us a movie where almost nothing happens, and yet, it's a film I will be thinking about for a while.

It’s just him and…