Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Deadpool 2 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jul 2024

  Read my short reaction on Substack.

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  A Quiet Place 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Jul 2024

  Read my essay/review about the "Quiet Place" franchise at my Substack.

Popular reviews

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  Dogtooth 2009

  ★★★ Watched 24 Nov 2013

  Dogtooth doesn't have a plot you can read in a traditional sense. It doesn't follow any conventions or fall within the bounds of any genre. It plays by its own rules, uncoiling casually until it's good and ready to strike. That, and the bluntness of its content, is what makes Giorgos Lanthimos' picture a suspenseful, gripping experience.

  It's not wholly unique, though. Art house movies are different from the mainstream but alike in their own ways. The story in Dogtooth…

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  Cheyenne Autumn 1964

  ★★★ Watched 12 Nov 2013 3

  This one gets a half-star bump for being a classic by a venerable director. Otherwise, I never found a way into this one, as with Two Rode Together, the other Ford film I recently watched.

  Of course, with Two Rode Together, that was because the film has serious problems, but most notably, it just feels like a movie Ford himself was bored with. There's still a lot one can say about it, but it just feels like a real mess.…