Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Night Falls on Manhattan 1996

  ★★★★½ Watched 29 Jul 2023

  Stacked cast (James Gandolfini!!), police corruption, city politics, tons of “New York Guys”, Sidney Lumet. Recipe for a winner.

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  Lone Wolf McQuade 1983

  ★★★½ Rewatched 15 Jul 2023

  The resurrection of JJ McQuade, wherein he awakens buried alive in his Ram Charger and proceeds to drink half a beer, dump the rest on himself and then engage the supercharger to erupt from the depths of hell to get revenge on the kung fu gun runner who has forsaken him is one of action cinema’s great moments

Popular reviews

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  Let's Get Lost 1988

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Dec 2012

  The first time I listened to Chet Baker, it was an old dusty CD from the bowels of my dad's jazz collection. I selected it on purely a whim, not knowing what I would be hearing. It was bliss. The tone in his trumpet playing was soft, articulate, almost romantic in its character. His vocals were soft, heartfelt, and mesmerizing. But the most resonant thing about Chet's music is the sincerity, the sense that there is a tortured soul singing…

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  Norte, The End of History 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2015

  It takes a delicate patience to watch films that are 250 minutes long, but it is these films that are ultimately the most rewarding. Norte is beautiful and sumptuous but at the same time powerfully heartbreaking. The camera barely moves, and instead hangs allowing one to get lost in the details of the shot. The quiet villages or empty city streets on screen invite one to be transfixed on tiny movements such as children playing in the distance or the…