Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Firm 1993

  ★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  The score is ridiculous. Tom Cruise overacts. Jeanne Tripplehorne is attractive in a 1970s kind of way.

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  The Insider 1999

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Aug 2024

  The first hour or so is totally gripping. Tension subsides as Russell Crowe’s character fades into the background, and the narrative shifts to the interworkings of CBS News. 

  The two leads are phenomenal, and the many other figures portrayed in the film—lawyers, newsmen, newspaper men, executives—are well characterized by a cast of character actors. 

  The “wailing woman” score feels out of place. 

  Frankly the film could lose about 20 mins— especially in the last third— and would be stronger for it. …

Popular reviews

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  Schramm 1993

  ★★★ Watched 15 Oct 2023

  Some thoughts:

  — Fuck doll technology has come so far in the intervening years

  — Schramm sort of looks like Jason Alexander at times 

  — The film is ultimately a cautionary tale about workplace safety

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  The Childhood of a Leader 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 17 May 2024

  The parts are better than the whole. The child Tom Sweet stuns.

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