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Favorite films

  • Syriana
  • Michael Clayton
  • The Ides of March
  • Brick

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  • Joe

    ★★★★

  • Heat

    ★★★★

  • Escape from New York

    ★★★★

  • Air

    ★★★

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  • The Ringer

    The Ringer

    ★★★★★

    Did you know Christ was a Jew?

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    The fav movie of that one marine from your dating app

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  • Joe

    Joe

    ★★★★

    The tagline for this movie is literally: KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. That said, I’m genuinely surprised this movie hasn’t found some kind of cult resurgence in popularity amongst the Far/Alt-Right Fox News/MAGA crowd as it basically serves as a prophetic manifesto of the radicalized politicization of “the other” regardless of who or what it may be; in this case drug culture. However, I would also argue that this movie has an embedded moral lesson that serves more as a subtle warning…

  • Heat

    Heat

    ★★★★

    Watching this movie while listening to Annie’s Al Pacino impression is like a 4D experience

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  • Escape from New York

    Escape from New York

    ★★★★

    There’d be no BioShock or Fallout without Escape from New York

    Also… I got a fever. And the only prescription. Is more cowbell in this score

  • Thief

    Thief

    ★★★★

    Drive x Uncut Gems

    This movie starting with the sound of falling rain and a Tangerine Dream score is such a vibe; there’d be no Oneohtrix Point Never scores without Tangerine Dream scores. Love how Mann pretty much mined his Manhunter cast from minor extras roles in this movie. And get yourself someone the way Willie Nelson looks at you while in prison

    The emotional ebbs and flows of this movie are wild:

    - The relationship pitch. Insane

    - Getting rejected…