Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Throne of Blood 1957

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  "For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice." - James 3:16

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  The Secret Garden 1993

  ★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  I prefer the book. The movie misses out on a lot of parts in the book and so the movie sometimes feels like it's lacking focus. Even though the movie captures the same slice-of-life energy as the book, there is less going on in the movie than the book. It is still an enjoyable movie though.

Popular reviews

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  The Naked Spur 1953

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  Anthony Mann blocks his actors like a Academic Artist of the 17th Century. His blocking and staging of the actors fight so well within the natural beauty of Wild America. I love the use of depth and height during the shootouts near the end of the film.

  I hope to revisit this film in the future and give it a much better review.

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  The Second 2024

  ★★½ Watched 18 Jan 2025

  For all the build-up and expectation I had, I am slightly disappointed. This short film has a a lot of potential but that is the problem, we are left wanting more. We are not sure what should happen next. The worldbuilding or the hints of the worldbuilding overshadow the father-son relationship which should be the main focus. We are more focused on the questions. What happened to the son before this? Why is an apology so bad in this instance?…