Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  New best Looney Tunes character? Farmer Jim

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  The Mighty Peking Man 1977

  ★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Came out one year after the 70s King Kong and is, in my opinion, a much more fun and punchy version of that update. Don't get me wrong, still doesn't hold a candle to either the 30s masterpiece of Jackson's (imo) very worthy update in 2005, but there's a sense of unashamed pulp nonsense that feels very much of a piece with the original film. It's silly and dumb, and the commitment to keeping the leading lady in a barely…

Popular reviews

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  First Knight 1995

  ★★ Watched 04 Sep 2021 5

  Honestly flabbergasted at many choices here, among them that Arthur meets Guinevere what seems like a two hour ride away from the city. 

  For real, though, this is a somewhat insane way to adapt this part of the legend. On paper? This makes sense, a mid 90s romantic adventure epic featuring some big stars, but every choice as an adaptation just… baffles me. Lancelot isn’t even a Knight? He’s just some dude who is good at sword fighting? But he’s…

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  Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Dec 2022

  It’s funny as even though I very much do not care for the original Avatar, I was completely swept away by its sequel. Part of that is just that this is a much weirder movie than the first, jankier and a little bit more scattered. Like how do you make a follow up to a film like Avatar? It didn’t seem to need anything resembling a franchise to back it up. Thankfully, this doesn’t really fall victim to the worst impulses…