Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Fruitvale Station 2013

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Aug 2015

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  The First Wives Club 1996

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Aug 2015

  This film would not be made today. And, if it was, it would undoubtedly star Queen Meryl, much softer lighting and nowhere near and much bite and wit. It's easy to find fault with a film like this; the movie to make everyone "Sex and the City 2" levels of wealthy seems a peculiar choice in today's modern post-Occupy Wall Street mindset and the film's main success is making this women as warm, funny and likeable as it does. One…

Popular reviews

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  The Prestige 2006

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Jun 2012 2

  Hadn't seen this film since I first saw it in the cinema and was interested to see how it had aged over time. I remember it had a difficult time upon release as it came out as the same time as the mediocre 'The Illusionist' starring my beloved Edward Norton and my behated Jessica Biel. However The Prestige is a far superior film and I found to my joy I enjoyed it just as much, if not more so, then…

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  Moon 2009

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Jul 2012 2

  Utterly blown away by this film. I'd heard countless good things about it but was unprepared for how much I would love it.

  Everything just works and it is astounding to think that such an original and assured film is Jones's directorial debut. Rockwell gives an incredible performance as Sam Bell given as how he had the added pressure of being more or less the sole human character in the film. Rockwell's isolation from his family and general human contact…