Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Truck Turner 1974

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  They don't make pimps like they used to...

  Just guys being dudes. Kind of the best buddy "cop" movie I've ever seen.

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  Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025 1

  Sometimes I think it's his best

Popular reviews

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Nov 2023 2

  A breath of fresh air in its total textbookness. I have so badly missed the mid-budget B+ movie. Hollywood used to pump out these small comfy dramas all the time but, for some reason, everybody seemed to forget how to make them around the mid-90s. They're represented at their best by Annie Hall, Kramer vs. Kramer, When Harry Met Sally, Albert Brooks' trilogy, Broadcast News and The Big Chill. The Holdovers is the sort of movie that will make you…

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  The Grabowski Shuffle 1987

  ½ Added

  Get ready to hear the word "Grabowski" in every sentence for 30 minutes. Who the hell are these people?

  It's not a mockumentary, yet they green-screen in large crowds that don't exist and edit shots to imply that the Grabowskis are hugely popular and play for stadiums. Is this a joke? or is a drama following the struggles of a musical-dance group? Is it a real documentary, or is it just using the documentary format to make it seem real?…

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