Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  A Clockwork Orange 1971

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 30 Jan 2025 1

  35 mm projection
  Thanks to a small-business theater in Minneapolis, I had the rare pleasure of rewatching one of my very favorite movies in theaters via film projection. I had not viewed actual film in at least 15 years, so this was an absolute treat! The quality of the film was a bit scratched up but not enough to distract. In fact, it was actually kind of comforting and nostalgic to see the grittiness of an old reel. This was…

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  Meshes of the Afternoon 1943

  ★★★★★ Added

  Reviews for Three Different Versions of the Film:
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  Original Silent Version, 1943
  It's hard to put into words everything that makes Meshes of the Afternoon great. To put it as simply as I can, it's a powerfully mystic dream sequence, shown with creative techniques in making moving images that are still effective and impressive today, despite the limitations of its time.

  Unofficial Jones Music, 2019
  This time, I watched a version with an original score composed for it by…

Recent reviews

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  Heretic 2024

  ★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025 1

  Some intriguing ideas to ponder, just not executed all that well. I think the most comforting answer would be that we are living in a simulation inside of Star Wars, being conducted by Jar Jar Binks, the secret sith mastermind. Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

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  The Phoenix Bird 1968

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025 1

  Much better than X-Men: Dark Pheonix

Popular reviews

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  Nuts for Pudding 2007

  ½ Rewatched 27 Mar 2025

  This is one of those kinds of "movies" that are so perfectly, enjoyably bad that they take on a whole new art form and in some cases, lean so far into a half-star, that they bridge the spectrum and crosses over to a 5-star. Nothing outside of those perimeters is an appropriate rating this type of feature. It's truly special. Also, the music actually goes hard for no reason.

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  Ed Wood 1994

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Tim Burton's movie-making is at its best when he's not trying to make a Tim Burton movie.