Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Alto Knights 2025

  ★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Can’t believe there was a script to this

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  Champions 2023

  ★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I felt the film did not have enough conflict given its runtime. Why is it 2 hours and not 90 minutes? Oh well. Kind of like a first draft or something. 

  Regardless it was entertaining enough. I felt it could have been directed more dynamically it would’ve saved from the funkiness of the script, but Farelly relies too heavily on wide shots. I don’t know why. Still, I enjoyed the premise and performances.

Popular reviews

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  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Jun 2024

  I really liked this maybe more than I thought I would. The frenetic energy of Fury Road couldn’t work here in a fifteen year long revenge story, so the film is more low-key, but this is not to its detriment. The pace of the film is still very strong and for a 2 and a half hours I was not bored. I wish it did better so we could get more films in this world but I don’t think it’s…

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  Aliens 1986

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2024

  Excellent action movie. It does make the aliens seem a lot less scary in comparison to the first film for a number of reasons - less mysterious, seemingly easier to kill, an abundance of them. However I think it works in the context of the film, and as a sequel it is inventive and entertaining

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