Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Fences 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Aug 2017

  Just leave me here to die.

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  The Secret of Kells 2009

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Jul 2017

  I am so thankful that I decided to try watching this film again. The first time I attempted to watch The Secret of Kells, I was disappointed by the presence of one of my least-favorite tropes: "Junior knows bestest." While it sometimes can be true that the younger and least-experienced person can have wisdom that an older person is lacking, I dislike simplistic presentations of this, and I was worried that this film would take that route. And since I…

Popular reviews

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  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Jun 2017 1

  how did they let the little kiddies in the audience watch a strip tease

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  On the Waterfront 1954

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Oct 2014

  On the Waterfront received an astonishing twelve Academy Award nominations at the Oscars, and it walked away with eight of them. It is constantly ranked as one of the best American films ever made, and the American Film Institute listed it as the eighth-greatest American film of all time. A huge variety of interpretations can be applied to the film, especially since the film was made during the beginning of the Cold War. One of the most common themes is…