In Robert Eggers’ last feature, The Witch, the writer/director showcased his fresh brand of stylized horror with a story that was slow-cooked to perfection until its juices exploded into chaos. The Lighthouse, his latest starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, pushes his characters closer to the brink, unraveling their sanity as kaleidoscopic and claustrophobic surroundings…
After last year’s fantastic The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe seems destined for Oscar gold. He achieved his third Academy Award nomination (following nods for Platoon and Shadow of the Vampire) playing Bobby Hicks, the manager of a Disney World-area motel in Kissimmee, Fla. who deals with the ins and outs of the drug addicts, prostitutes and…
Movies, marathons, quests…yada yada yada… Next up on the never-ending film trek was 1986’s Platoon. This classic was mindblowingly awesome. Super-mega-ultra amazing. What changed this time around? Despite my extreme admiration for this Oliver Stone film, I just didn’t want to write about it. ARRRGG! Even as I sit here, I feel myself stewing. There’s…
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