Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Vacation 2015

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Far superior to European Vacation (super low bar)
  Vegas Vacation lacks a soul
  Can’t match Christmas
  Original hasn’t aged well
  Constant laughs; offensive, dumb fun 8/10

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  The Hobbit 1977

  ★★★★ Rewatched 14 Mar 2025

  Watched the iTunes version with Lala. She loved it and was impressed with how well it held up. For some bizarre reason, perhaps it is because I am beginning my own dissection of the story adaptation, I did not enjoy it as much this time. It just felt too fast. My previous review, of The Wild Robot, also had complaints about pacing. Is this just a little mood I am in tonight? How much is valid? I do feel once…

Popular reviews

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  Madame Web 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Feb 2024

  Howard Hawks would be proud; a perfect satire; a future cult-classic

  This has been the greatest cinematic experience I have ever witnessed. I've seen 2001 A Space Odyssey in 70mm at the Aero, Lawrence of Arabia Roadshow Edition in 70mm, Hateful Eight, Oppenheimer, all of these cinematic masterpieces in 70mm, but none of them impacted me on an emotional level like Madame Web has. Everything in this movie is 100% intentional and the fact that people don't realize that astounds…

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  Captain America: Brave New World 2025

  ★ Rewatched 27 Feb 2025

  The blue polygon on the wall at the local art museum has more story and artistic integrity than this soul draining piece of content.

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