Steven Rubio

Steven Rubio

Favorites are the most recent 4-5 star movies I have seen.

Favorite films

  • I'm Not There
  • The Story of Temple Drake
  • Flow
  • Touchez Pas au Grisbi

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  • The Substance

  • Eleven P.M.

    ★★★

  • Comanche Station

    ★★★

  • I'm Not There

    ★★★★

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Eleven P.M.
★★★ Watched

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Comanche Station
★★★ Watched

The final film in the Ranown series of Westerns directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. Criterion released five of them in a box set, and you can see why. These are short pictures, B-movies really, made on low budgets but with plenty of talent behind the camera and the commanding presence of Scott on screen. They work as a group, even if they weren't exactly intended that way ... you could watch Criterion's box and never feel like…

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Knives Out
★★★★ Watched

Knives Out isn't a great movie, but it's better than you expect, and that is good enough. You expect one of those all-star nostalgic Agatha Christie movies that work their way through retread material that appeals to the extent it reminds you of all the other such movies you've seen. What makes Knives Out different is that it uses the format as a template, but the cast and the tricks aren't stale. Rian Johnson makes it all appear fresh, which…

The Invisible Man
★★★½ Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.