Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Mulholland Drive 2001

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 02 Jul 2023

  Top 50 Reely Bernie Faves

  David Lynch’s oddities offer an evocative perspective on the American dream turned nightmare, the ‘burbs behind locked doors, and the mystery of rabbits. None of it makes sense narratively or chronologically, and Lynch is notorious for not providing explanations. Yet, if you dig his noirish style and peeping tom pace, the experience can be horrifyingly appealing. I guess you know when you’ve seen a David Lynch film, and his cultish mark on film can be…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★½ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  Played more like a rabid dog, cowering in the corner, Max Schreck’s interpretation of Nosferatu in 1922 is less a spectacle and more a freak of nature. The audience can’t help but feel fear turned to pity, as if the Phantom of the Opera becomes tangible reality, and the myth lingers in the fog. 

  Robert Eggers’s incarnation is described as an “insufferable darkness,” an “appetite.” When its physical presence is exposed, we are left with nothing more than that—a hollow…

Recent reviews

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  The Luck of the Irish 2001

  ★½ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  No “it was a lot better back in the day” can save this because, back in the day, this was vile.

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  Moana 2 2024

  ★★½ Rewatched 15 Mar 2025

  On second viewing, “Beyond” still sounds like “Skyfall,” no other song is memorable, and the make-up-your-own-rules exposition in the beginning is ghastly long and a huge drag to recover from—and it never does. A friendly 2.5 still.

Popular reviews

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  Dune 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Oct 2021 2

  I never finished Frank Herbert’s novel; David Lynch’s movie adaptation put me to sleep; and, I read enough about Denis Villeneuve’s latest being all set up with no payoff. This all being said, I went into Dune with no expectations because I didn’t think I earned them.

  I left Dune wholly enthralled.

  I was and still am in a state of veneration, dread, and wonder. I am awed.

  To be only experienced in the theatre, Dune provides depth to its…

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 05 Mar 2022 10

  An argument can be made that anything “Marvel Cinema Universe” is the same movie with 27 different titles. The formula never fails: Arrogant, grumpy, or emotionless hero + desensitizing CGI +/- obligatory love interest + forgettable villain who always possesses one less level of power = box office points.

  The DC Comics movies are no different, and I’m not sure how many more Batmans and Jokers and Supermans we need and why their origin stories have to get rebooted ad…