Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Lorenzo's Oil 1992

  ★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Cute story, but Nick Nolte's accent is a crime against humanity, Susan Sarandon cranks up the intensity to "Oscar bait" levels of annoying, and the cinematography looks like the director just discovered Dutch angles, pointless slo-mos, and more dissolve cuts than Windows Movie Maker can handle.

  But I won't get into the absolute idiotic levels of anti-science because the movie isn't responsible for the Odones being dicks.

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  The Sixth Sense 1999

  ★★★½ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  I like the story, some of the shots were really awesome, and Toni Collette cosplaying as Leah Remini is a nice touch. Even if the twist loses its punch on rewatch, it's still a well-crafted, moody thriller with Bruce Willis quietly nailing his role... even if he's basically just getting ghosted the whole time.

Popular reviews

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  12 Angry Men 1957

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Proof that twelve sweaty dudes arguing in a room can be more intense than most action movies.

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  The Taking of Deborah Logan 2014

  ★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  Found footage usually makes me want to throw my TV out the window, but at least this one acknowledges its own limitations (like, you actually can't hear people who aren't mic'd up, who knew?).

  Jill Larson kills it, but I refuse to accept a reality where a shaky, half-assed documentary about an Alzheimer's patient gets you a PhD. Academia standards in horror movies are in the gutter...