Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mambar Pierrette 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Jul 2024

  I loved. More real than neo-realism.

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  The Magician 1958

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Jun 2024

  In which Ingmar Bergman pays tribute to Victor Sjorstrom's The Phantom Carriage and in turn influences generations to come, Werkmeister Harmonies for one.

Popular reviews

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  Stark Fear 1962

  ★★★ Watched 01 Jan 2020

  If you are like me and take great pleasure in sifting through the dross to find a raw diamond then you are in for a treat with Stark Fear. On the other hand, if you are someone who is turned off by confusing storylines, bizarre shifts in tone, a voice-over narrator who disappears, and multiple endings, well... you might want to skip this one.

  I just want to say that I really loved this flick. As far as originality it's…

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  The Ring 1952

  ★★★ Watched 11 Oct 2019

  Okay so first off the acting in this flick is fair to middlin’ at best, but it does something that I’ve never seen before in any other movie: accurately depict what life was like in segregated Los Angeles for Mexican-Americans.

  I’d only heard the stories from my father about “Mexican day” at places like public pools, restaurants and movie theaters (theaters with a balcony directed minorities upstairs). There’s a great scene when Lalo Rios and his buddies get refused service…