Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Shrek the Third 2007

  ★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Dang this one kinda sucks?

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Fun little spy thriller with a bunch of twists and turns. Excellent performances from both Fassbender and Blanchett. Not perfect by any means but extremely refreshing to see this kind of movie getting made at all. I had a blast with it. Only real complaint is that I hate the soft lighting that was used here. I just don’t think it looks good and it’s kinda distracting at times. 

  We gotta protect Soderbergh and make sure he’s allowed to keep making 1-3 of these movies a year (and maybe even a big Ocean’s Eleven or Magic Mike every few years too) for as long as possible.

Popular reviews

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  Casino 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  Seeing this with my father-in-law was truly a delight. Every time an act of violence happened (often) he would react with a “jeez!” After the movie we talked about it on the drive home and his review was “it’s an interesting study on human behavior- especially the woman, what a WACKO!”

  I’m not gonna top that with anything I can write here, so I’ll also just note that this might be the greatest cigarette smoking movie of all time.

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  Mulholland Drive 2001

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Feb 2025 2

  Yeah I just watched this ~three weeks ago, but my local theater announced a one-time memorial screening shortly after- and what was I gonna do, not go? Cmon.

  Perfect movie. Gets better each time I watch it- and seeing it on the big screen was especially a treat. Nothing more that I can really say this time around that I haven’t already said in my previous reviews. What a doggone picture.

  RIP David Lynch.

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