Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  How the West Was Won 1962

  Watched 08 Jul 2024

  An absolutely incredible experience seeing this in Cinerama (or as close as you can get to Cinerama in 2024) at Contemporary Calgary thanks to Cinematheque Calgary.

  Shot with 3 film cameras lashed together on a hideously unwieldy rig, HTWWW is immersive in a way that I didn't think older films could be. The use of 27mm lenses prevented any shot closer than medium close up, resulting in scenes where the actors are presented from head to toe. This, combined with…

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  Jurassic World Dominion 2022

  Watched 27 Sep 2022 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Recent reviews

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  Civil War 2024

  Rewatched 12 Mar 2025

  Keeps getting better (unfortunately)

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  Rotting in the Sun 2023

  Watched 09 Mar 2025

  This movie starts on the beach I just spent a week on!

  The first fifteen minutes or so are brutally Film School but once it transforms into an Idiot Detective movie it's really fun.

Popular reviews

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  So I Married an Axe Murderer 1993

  Rewatched 05 May 2024 1

  RIP the Eau Claire Cineplex, the first place I saw a movie in Calgary

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  Smile 2 2024

  Watched 22 Nov 2024 1

  Goddamn this was good! I was not a fan of the first, and this is an improvement in every way. The opening one-shot action scene--starring 2024's poster boy for Keep Trying, Kyle Gallner--immediately announces this as a confident, higher-budget step up from Smile. You have to wonder if the flaws of the first were due to studio interference on a new filmmaker. After that film made bank and became a phenomenon, they were right to get out of director Parker…