Favorite films

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  Eephus 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Picking your kid up from school...combat.
  Looking for a foul ball in the woods...combat.
  Supporting independent film...that's not combat, that's love.

  Good fun. Also saw the director and Bill Lee in person, which complemented the experience.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Avoids or overcomes the problems with Bong's other English-language films. Has all of Bong's thematic and stylistic strengths, and the sci-fi context works. As for drawbacks, Mickey is perhaps too irresistible, Mickey 18 rather conveniently stops being antagonistic, and the end feels drawn out.

Popular reviews

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  Thunderbolt 1929

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  The original Power of the Dog. Wish Thunderbolt had made sure he had a good new home.

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  The Abyss 1989

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  I am too cynical to be won over by the ending, but the film's pacing and suspense are top notch. The special effects hold up--more so than, say, "True Lies"--and the submarine and underwater work is as good as anything you'll see.

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