Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  So I Married an Axe Murderer 1993

  ★★★ Rewatched 14 Feb 2025

  Like many of the comedies I watched over and over again as a youth, this isn't especially funny but I certainly still enjoy it. I like the absurdity of Mike Myers being a full-time beat poet. I really like Alan Arkin's limited role as the reluctantly hard ass police captain. I especially find Nancy Travis to be a very charming screen presence and wish she had a better career than the one she ended up with (though she is good…

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  Cliffhanger 1993

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  A technical action masterpiece. So well-put together from a special effects and editing standpoint that you can believe almost all of it is on-location. I can forgive some of the narrative and pacing missteps when there's so much visual pleasure and excitement. This is a movie where Leon gets hit with a stage fatality.

Popular reviews

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  Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 1980

  ★★★ Watched 13 Feb 2019 2

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

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  Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire 2004

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Jun 2017

  You cast Shinya Hashimoto in your movie and all you have him do is sit around the four minutes he's on screen instead of doing sheer-drop brainbusters? Missed opportunity.