Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Serial Mom 1994

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Feb 2025

  "You know... for someone who doesn't wear his seatbelt, Scotty sure is nosy."

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  The Ninth Gate 1999

  ★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  This movie is terrifying! I don’t usually cover my eyes during scary parts, but that last scene? Where Johnny Depp reads the rarest occult book in the whole world, while eating a Sloppy Joe? Whoo!!

Popular reviews

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  The Nine-Colored Deer 1981

  ★★★ Watched 04 Apr 2022

  Animated retelling of the ancient Jātaka tale, documented from a cave painting in the Thousand Buddha Grottoes at an oasis on the Silk Road - Gansu province, China. The mystical king of the deer patrols the wild borderlands, saving careless human and animal life, before retreating to his own idyllic kingdom. A snake-oil potion merchant (who is also an Untouchable) gets saved, but the silly queen covets the magic deer's hide - so a reward is declared, and humanity complicates…

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  Telezonia 1974

  ★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2022

  This 1974 AT&T educational short teaches the value of telephones, alphabetization, adventures down psychedelic tunnels, and following strange men away from the safety of home. Because he's Karg from Masters of the Universe (1987), I suppose. Oh yeah, Exclamation Point was played by one of the henchmen from North by Northwest (1959). And the actor portraying the doctor "Rx" appeared in the first regular episode of The Six Million Dollar Man series this same year. Like a telephonic Sid & Marty…