Zach Pro

Just someone who wants to be a movie critic. 27. I try to do daily movie reviews.

Favorite films

  • Boogie Nights
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • High Fidelity
  • The Evil Dead

All
  • Porco Rosso

    ★★★★★

  • Cléo from 5 to 7

    ★★★★½

  • Crank

    ★★½

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

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Porco Rosso

1992

★★★★★ Liked 2

Absolutely loved every second of this one. It's frequently silly and is literally about a pig that's a pilot, but it really does have layers and a degree of maturity to it. The film is also extremely pretty, the animation is so detailed and vibrant, it's genuinely hard to take your eyes off the screen. There are also just a ton of great characters here, all with unique and charming personalities, I see myself revisiting this film time and time…

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

★★★★½ Liked Watched

This is absolutely fantastic film making, the cinematography and editing are amazing, and the choice to have the film be in real time is what makes this so amazing. The way we gradually get to no Cleo as she goes about her day, we are waiting with her for some news, and there is so much subtlety in how that waiting plays out. This film is filled with atmosphere, as we listen in on snippets of other people's conversations in…

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Barbie

2023

★★★★½ Liked 3

There are a lot of adjectives I could throw around for how I felt about this film. Intelligent, mature, hilarious, existential, emotional, but What really stood out to me though is just how well directed it is, Greta Gerwig really knocked it out of the park. The set design is fantastic. All of the jokes landed, and the script is overall very well written. Both Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are fantastic in this film. Gosling, who im used to…

Oppenheimer

2023

★★★★ Watched

Now, I am not a huge Christopher Nolan fan, in fact I truly love only a few of his movies (Memento, The Prestige, and Insomnia) and hate a fair amount (Tenet, Batman Begins / Rises), the rest I think are good but overhyped. With that said this is a very different movie than anything Nolan has made before. There are a few scenes that are truly remarkable, to avoid spoilers I will only say they are in the 3rd act.…