Michael Patron

Favorite films

  • Donnie Darko
  • Perfect Days
  • Aftersun
  • Kamikaze Girls

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  • Still Walking

  • Tornado

  • Route29

  • Coreys

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Pig

2021

★★★½ Watched

What is set up as an opportunity to be another John Wick type revenge film turns into a bigger journey of loss, grief, and facing the past. If nothing else, I applaud it for that unconventional direction.

A Ghost Story

2017

★★★½ Watched

Never thought I'd watch Rooney Mara eat a pie for 5 minutes

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Arrival

2016

★★★★★ Watched

"If you could suddenly see your whole life, clear as day, all your triumphs and your tragedies... would you change things, even if it meant losing the good with the bad?"

Going into the theater to see Arrival, I expected another good film from visionary director Denis Villeneuve. Villeneuve is one of the few modern day directors who will draw me to theaters no matter the subject of the movie. Being a fan of his last 3 feature films (Sicario,…

Se7en

1995

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Hemingway once write, "The world's a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

Se7en follows retiring police detective Somerset and rookie police detective Mills as they attempt to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motive. Each of the victims who are targeted represent one of the seven sins.

This haunting thriller wraps the viewer in its gritty atmosphere. While the setting is never specified, the darkness, bleakness, and…