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  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 09 Mar 2019 7

  After decades of galloping around the cosmos, the Enterprise crew has grown old. Seasoned? Sure. Bitter? Yes. Prejudiced? Absolutely. So after a lifetime of serving up a dish best served cold against the aggressive Klingons, the time has come for a long awaited peace. Who better to cater than James T. Kirk?

  In the first five minutes, this science fiction odyssey tackles more subtext than a trillion pretenders: the Klingon moon Praxis explodes with devastating results (officially birthing the Praxis…

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  Ghostbusters 1984

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Oct 2019 5

  Film was not born as art. Film was an experiment that expanded into entertainment, requiring time before it could be conferred with artistry. Paul Sylbert, a college professor, Academy Award winning production designer, and dear friend, had this to say on the subject:

  "Don't try to intellectualize film, or make it profound in the academic sense. It is a popular vernacular form. Simplicity and directness are two of its virtues."

  After decades of analysis, it is apparent to me that…

Recent reviews

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  Breakdown 1997

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  First time in 4KUHD. Also the first time for the fiancée. Her response?

  "Can we watch more '90s movies like that?"

  😁

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  A brilliant body horror conceit quickly gives way to gross-out hedonism, yet successfully anchors itself in a glut of strong performances. - ▲

Popular reviews

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  Imperium 2016

  ★★★★ Rewatched 15 Jul 2018 4

  "When it comes down to it, there really is only one essential ingredient to fascism: victimhood."

  It continues to stun me that no one talks about a movie where an undercover FBI agent must investigate credible terror threats from white supremacist groups in an age when the alt-right feels emboldened to publicly and shamelessly embrace prejudice.

  The cinematic landscape is rotten with superhero dreck and prestige dramas sucking all the oxygen out of the room, but here's a movie that's…

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  Blade Runner 2049 2017

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 17 Jan 2018 4

  There's an elegant simplicity buried beneath the subtly soulful performances, elaborately filthy cyberpunk production design, labyrinthine procedural noir mystery, and gorgeous cinematography of this pseudo-cult paragon.

  What does it mean to make a choice?

  KD6-3.7 was designed for a purpose: 'retire' rogue replicants. He's good at his job, sheepishly avoiding the ire of his human superiors as he carves out his niche and saves up bonuses to enhance his Joi unit, the one thing that brings him a modicum of…