Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Hold the Dark 2018

  ★★½ Watched 19 Oct 2018

  These Saulnier/Blair Netflix movies just have not been working for me.

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  It 2017

  ★★★ Watched 23 Jul 2018

  Just not a horror guy.

Popular reviews

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  Captain Fantastic 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Aug 2016

  You ever see a movie that just speaks to you? One that does so well encapsulating everything you believe and strive for? A movie that has you engrossed from the beginning and doesn't let go until the end credits roll? That is Captain Fantastic for me. Now, I'm not sure what that says about me as a person but who gives a shit. There is a powerful message about progressive-socialist policies/philosophies in this film with a much needed shot of…

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  Manchester by the Sea 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Dec 2016

  I've seen this movie billed as a weeper but I found it more soberingly melancholic. A shitty slice of life put to film, maybe. Either way it is a great movie. The running time was 2h15m but it felt like a buck thirty. The pacing and editing were absolutely phenomenal. The acting is some of the best I've seen this year. These are the types of people/characters I love and in better times I could see myself hanging out and cursing up a storm with Lee and Patrick. Just a solid time at the cinema for my inner cynic.