Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Wedding Crashers 2005

  ★★★½ Watched 29 Dec 2024

  Mindless comedy/romance. Enjoy Owen and Vince. Some of the jokes are dated/don’t land as well as they once did. Still just a great watch

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  Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958

  ★½ Watched 02 Dec 2024

  Even for its time, C-tier movie at best. Overall idea is great, execution is mediocre at best, and practical effects (even for the time) are inconsistent and half-hearted

Popular reviews

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  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Sep 2024

  Stanley Kubrick being Kubrick. The film was overall wonderful, well written, filled with (at the time) hot button issues, as well as wonderful satire

  Despite thinking this movie was focused around Dr. Strangelove from prior knowledge, I was surprised to find it was not, nor would it have been a good idea to have it been.

  So many movies since the 60s focus on either the nuclear topic or rouge men deciding the fate of the world. However, it was wonderful to watch the original trope popularly established by Kubrick with this film, though it may not be THE first piece of media to do it

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  Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Sep 2024

  Watched in part for a survey course of the Cold War impact on movies

  Despite being film noir and filmed during the height of Korean tensions and Stalin’s aggression towards the US, the film holds its weight in the modern day. Very watchable, pulled me in like a good thriller/mystery. 

  Regarding themes, it is picture perfect example of how media influences the population, such as like with War of the Worlds. However, the themes are more overt and not in…