Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2025

  “Trust me, ET looks weird on purpose so it takes
  time for the audience to warm up to him”

  Studios were really up for trusting this Spielberg guy to print money even if the titular alien was a talking scrotum

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  Saving Private Ryan 1998

  ★★★½ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  Drowning out the St Patrick’s Day Parade with gunfire

Popular reviews

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  Tales of a Golden Geisha 1990

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Nov 2020 1

  If your stomach turns at the rampant abuse and overwhelming sexism towards Nayoko, the movie is working just fine.

  Itami might be snickering a little too quietly to himself in his approach for most viewers to “get” that the movie is SUPPOSED TO BE deeply sexist. First and foremost it presents itself as populist comedy-drama wrapped up in a neat little bow that follows many of the beats of a romantic comedy. If everything seems just fine to you in…

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  This Much I Know to Be True 2022

  ★★ Watched 11 May 2022

  I never want to see another circular dolly shot as long as I live.