Emre KalaycΔ±

Hey! I'm Emre
(0>1) a software engineer based in Istanbul.

Hello there, I’m Emre, a product-minded Data Engineer and Software Developer

building scalable, reliable data products and software solutions.

I love minimalist design, cats, and books.

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Psycho II

Psycho II

1983

Weird how there is absolutely no mention of taxidermy in this. Beer: Ever Grain Sorbetto #109 Apple Chai Cobbler Vanilla. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Shining

The Shining

1980

steven king is still carrying on relentlessly, ~50 years after the fact, because The Shining film adaptation is such a. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Carrie

Carrie

1976

Everything about high school in the US empire is wrong. First of all, the curriculum is fucking nonsense and doesn't. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Witch

The Witch

2015

I don't think this holds up very strongly. Once the aesthetic wears off, you have a very plain sequence of. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness

1987

This would work better as a TV miniseries. There just isn't enough time to explore the themes and learn anything. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Descent

The Descent

2005

What happened to Neil Marshall? Did working on Game of Thrones fry his brain or something? He hasn't made a. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Birds

The Birds

1963

Melanie really wearing the same clothes for three days. Beer: Hudson Valley Brewery Sincerely Imperial Stout - 4/5 (it's not. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Tremors

Tremors

1990

Low-key one of the best directorial debuts ever. But high-key one of the gayest films ever. This movie is so. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

1984

Watched on Monday August 31, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

Watched on Tuesday August 25, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Fog

The Fog

1980

Watched on Sunday August 23, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

This will likely be the most controversial statement I make on this page, but Martin Scorsese is just not a. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…

Blue Heron

Blue Heron

2025

The exact kind of masturbatory navel-gazing MFA drivel you'd expect from a privileged liberal (granddaughter of Hungarian production designer JΓ³zsef. . . . .

Rating: β˜…Β½

Jaws

Jaws

1975

If Jaws was released in 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Orca

Orca

1977

Is this a good bad movie, or a bad good movie? I don't think it's a bad bad movie, and. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

1960

Peeping Tom if it was made in 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Deliverance

Deliverance

1972

Would have been so much better if they shot it in the Volume.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

National Parks Exploration Series: Yellowstone

National Parks Exploration Series: Yellowstone

2011

Watched on Monday July 13, 2026.

Rating: No rating

Weapons

Weapons

2025

This review may contain spoilers. Remember when movies were made with lights? Those were good times. Put a fucking light on.. . . . .

Rating: β˜…Β½

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983

Watched on Sunday June 28, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer

1991

You can tell it's fiction because the Americans oppose fascism.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Jaws 2

Jaws 2

1978

Watched on Tuesday June 23, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

This review may contain spoilers. The reason Eddie spends 5 minutes moving heaven and earth in the most heroic acts of. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…Β½

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

1993

This does not hold up very well. Does one single joke in this movie land? All of the humor is. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

Tan'ok coming in hard with This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed. Beer: Xul Toro Y Oso Mexican Lager - 4.5/5 (one. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

1998

I wanted to give this a revisit since it has been several minutes since my last viewing, and my understanding. . . . .

Rating: β˜…

Jaws

Jaws

1975

Why didn't they also use Hooper's boat to hunt the shark, or instead of Quint's old piece of shit? Would. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Nashville

Nashville

1975

Such a complete and wonderful evisceration of the cognitive ailment that is celebrity worship. There is a line in this. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

A Study in Choreography for Camera

A Study in Choreography for Camera

1945

One minute you're looking for more info on who Maya Deren was and learning she was born in Ukraine as. . . . .

Rating: No rating

The Russian Five

The Russian Five

2018

Could have been a decent sports documentary if not for the shitty imperialist slopaganda. Let's break this down... When showing the. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

1995

This kind of sincerity is sorely lacking in today's storytelling (an intentional byproduct of the CIA's cold war slopaganda campaigns. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Birds

The Birds

1963

All character drama for 45 straight minutes and the most you get in the way of "action" or "something happening". . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop

1988

All cops are bastards and maniacs. It's not just "a few bad apples", as sycophants for capital like to claim, because. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Aliens

Aliens

1986

I, like James Cameron, consider the Director's Cut/Special Edition to be the "official" version of the movie, because it's objectively. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Titanic

Titanic

1997

I love how there is no postmodern ironic detachment in James Cameron films – no doubt one of the primary. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

All the Cinematographer's Split Diopters. It is almost hilarious – if not fucking hilarious – to watch the press care about. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Price of Gold

The Price of Gold

2014

Watched on Tuesday March 17, 2026.

Rating: No rating

Seven Veils

Seven Veils

2023

Dance of the 700 veils. An incredibly layered film that will only reward multiple viewings. No one does an exploration. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Jia Zhangke's Dance

Jia Zhangke's Dance

2026

Luddites are never on the right side of history.

Rating: No rating

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Comically silly anti-communist CIA-taint-licking trash. Released 2 months before Moscow got its first McDonald's, it seems there was no better time. . . . .

Rating: β˜…

The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022

Never forget that the Holocaust was an American business venture. Yeah, pretty fucking weird how that part is left out. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit

2000

Incredibly silly, but also literally the only movie I have seen about rich white motherfuckers climbing tall mountains like dumbasses. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968

Watched on Tuesday January 20, 2026.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

The House of the Devil

The House of the Devil

2009

No matter how many times I see this, and despite its slow-burn pace and uneventful story, I can't help but. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973

This is definitely not in the DSM-5.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

This review may contain spoilers. I'm not going to go deep with this review (saving that for a future home viewing),. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

I may be over-rating this, but having recently visited Ford's Theater has put me into a mood for period pieces,. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Psycho

Psycho

1960

And to think, none of this would have happened if automobile and oil companies did not conspire to have America's. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

This review may contain spoilers. Simultaneously better and worse than the first. The first Avatar film is, in my estimation, a. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Avatar

Avatar

2009

The longest extended version is the definitive experience. And the more I see this movie, the more I love how unfathomably. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

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