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Favorite films

  • For All Mankind
  • Faces Places
  • Cane Toads: The Conquest
  • The Thin Blue Line

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  • The Fugitive

    ★★★★

  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse

  • The Cameraman

    ★★★★

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  • Sherlock Jr.

    Sherlock Jr. 1924

    Rewatched 21 Jun 2024

    You could make a list of the 10 coolest things that have ever happened in cinema and 8 of them would be from this movie, while the other 2 would be from another Buster flick.

  • Prometheus

    Prometheus 2012

    Watched 10 Nov 2024

    Went to a PowerPoint night with friends where I presented on the history of 3D, then got so hyped on the concept that I went looking for a movie I could watch in 3D.

    My 4K player is capable of processing 3D BluRays; my TV is not. So, the alternative: 3D SBS (side-by-side) file converted to anaglyph (cyan-red) via VLC Player. I chose a first-time viewing (the trilogy will probably not be completed by this point, why keep waiting) and…

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  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive 1993

    ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

    Clean, propulsive movie. Everybody loves a smart protagonist on the run and a smart detective (or federal marshal) who begrudgingly respects him. I feel bad for Dr. Richard Kimble, who tragically lost his beard.

  • The Wild Robot

    The Wild Robot 2024

    ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025 2

    Beautiful movie that’s annoyingly emotionally manipulative (imagine a feature-length adaptation of the Bing Bong stuff).

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  • Ali

    Ali 2001

    ★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

    There are 3 allowed biopics:
    1. You’ve never heard of them
    2. You’ve heard of them and actually have a creative take
    3. You’ve heard of them and they’re such a legend that their story deserves to be immortalized in all its specificity

    Ali is the third kind, and while it does take a pretty standard biopic lens, and it is too long, I left it feeling glad I’d seen it. Biopics can be tiring.

    Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel…

  • Anora

    Anora 2024

    ★★★★ Rewatched 09 Mar 2025

    Things Anora does really well:

    1. Observe the dangers of unchecked power
    2. Upend the Cinderella story
    3. Wander through Brighton Beach
    4. Have Toros
    5. Have Garnik
    6. Observe Ani through Igor’s eyes
    7. Tell an entire story just through the interactions between people and blue collar/service industry people

    Things Anora could do better:

    1. Pacing (the second half goes on too long)
    2. We didn’t have any additional surprise Toros buddies. We needed one more of those guys, I think

    Things…

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