Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Silence of the Lambs 1991

  Watched 30 Oct 2014

  Screened at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, one of the locations the film was shot

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  KKUM 2020

  Watched 30 Jan 2021

  My favorite of the Sundance animated shorts. A touching story about a son and his mom, beautifully animated in stop-motion with styrofoam.

Popular reviews

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  Life Itself 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2018

  I think it is wonderful. Yes, there are some pacing issues, some huge plot contrivances, some really weird dialogue, and it can be emotionally manipulative at times. But it is nothing less than beautiful. Life Itself captures what it is to live in such an encompassing way, with all it's heartbreak and all it's joys.

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  Ratatouille 2007

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jul 2020

  The older I get, the more convinced I am that food is the purest form of art. It provides substance to survive. It is a beautiful outlet for creativity. It is a core pillar to almost every religion. It is a time capsule for culture and heritage. It fosters community in a kind of supernatural way. Food weaves a common thread through all humanity.

  I don't think there has been a movie to better capture this feeling than Ratatouille.