What To Watch Tonight

Train Dreams

The film tells the story of the adult life of a simple man in the early 20th century, from the summer of 1917 in the forests of the Northwestern United States to around the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, an event that the hero, now elderly, watches on a television in a shop window during one of his rare visits to a big city. Is it worth watching? YESSS.

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• Joel Edgerton is outstanding in his performance… I consider an Oscar nomination a given.
• Atmospheric, with beautiful cinematography and exquisite framing.
• It will move you.
• I think it has influences from Terrence Malick.
• William H. Macy is also fantastic performance-wise.
• The direction is high level as well, even though the director is relatively inexperienced.
• Great music.
• It has a lyrical quality that draws you in.
• If you’re looking for something different, this is your film.

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• Some viewers might find it boring. IT IS NOT!
• It has a slow pace, but that doesn’t bother me (in my eyes).

Keeper

A woman goes to her partner’s countryside house in the woods to celebrate their anniversary. There, strange events begin to shake her mental state and their relationship. For me, definitely not.

• The house in the woods is nice.
• It had one genuinely scary scene.
• Oz Perkins shows some interesting directorial choices, with tilted angles and enigmatic shots that make it visually engaging.
• Tatiana Maslany does a decent job in the leading role, nothing spectacular though.
• Nice cinematography.

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• Same old theme. It doesn’t bring anything new.
• I got quite bored.
• It’s not scary, even though it tries to build that kind of atmosphere.
• Quite slow-burning, which will definitely tire some viewers.
• More stylized in its direction than I would have liked.
• Feels flat.
• The script isn’t interesting, not even when you learn the outcome. You could even call it incoherent 🤷‍♂️
• Repetitive visions.