Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Boys in the Boat 2023

  Watched 20 Nov 2024

  BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON

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  May December 2023

  Watched 03 Mar 2024

  Big “Twin-Peaks-B-Plot” energy. Some wonderful performances but Charles Melton really crushed it

Popular reviews

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  The Thin Red Line 1998

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Jun 2023

  Everything I didn't like about this picture felt like it was due to my own foibles and nothing against the art itself. Clearly a masterpiece, but the pacing just killed me. As a viewer, I was so primed for the end of the second act to be the end of the film that continuing for another hour felt like a slog.

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  Hot Shots! 1991

  ★ Watched 31 Mar 2023

  I can't remember the last time I saw a movie with such little confidence in itself, and with good reason. This was most evident during the relentless and unfunny gags constantly ADRed in. There were jokes, but Captain Hook could count on his coat hanger how many of them were funny enough to draw the disappointment on my face into a desperate smile. My hopes were high given the nice ratings on here and the existence of a sequel. I…