Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Straight Story 1999

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Mar 2025

  Probably his best one.  Definitely the one that packs the most honest emotional punch.

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  King Kong 1933

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  Still the king!

Popular reviews

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  Conclave 2024

  ★ Watched 26 Oct 2024 1

  Ironic that a movie about preachers becomes unbearably preachy.  

  And the ending is the eye roll to end all eye rolls.

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  Rear Window 1954

  ★★★★★ Added 1

  www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a84gv-103015d

  "Hitchcock's Hamlet" is how Mike describes Rear Window (1954), his all-time favorite film.  He and Dan talk about Hitchcock and his stand-in, Jimmy Stewart, as keen observers of humanity.  They also talk about what movies do to us, how the film speaks to our current screen-filled moment, and what would happen if a movie could talk back (although they don't mention The Purple Rose of Cairo).  So grab that backscratcher, load up the flashbulbs, and listen to the guys talk about one of…