Brad Powles

Brad Powles Pro

Ops Professional. Fan of Tech, Travel, DIY Projects, Gardening, Film, Poetry, Modern Art, Craft Beer, Dogs, & History. 🏳️‍🌈

Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • The Descendants

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  • Election

    ★★★★

  • America's Sweethearts

    ★★

  • Intolerable Cruelty

    ★★★★

  • The Remains of the Day

    ★★★★

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★½

    Long, gross, and heavy-handed. A truly unpleasant viewing experience.

  • The Instigators

    The Instigators

    You: Matt Damon's worst movie.
    Me: Matt Damon's worst movie *so far*...

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  • The Dark Corner

    The Dark Corner

    ★★★★

    This film has all the elements and twists-and-turns you want from a film noir with an added bonus: Lucille Ball! This is maybe the first dramatic role I've ever seen her in and I find her captivating. She brings a realness and charisma to the role of Kathleen Stewart. I also appreciate Clifton Webb always as the too-slick bad guy.. Lastly, great use of shadow to create atmosphere on the streets of NY.

  • Trail of Robin Hood

    Trail of Robin Hood

    ★★★

    If you were between 5 - 10 when this was filmed and also wanted a red ryder BB Gun, you probably love it. It's got charm as a kids show, but viewed as an actual film, it's obviously filmed on an old west lot, it looks cheap and made-for-tv (it wasn't), the plot is thin and hokey, the films speeds up unironincally in chase scenes, the acting is about as deep as that on an episode of Blue's Clues, ad…