Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Suzume 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Gorgeous animation but sometimes the CGI was distracting and kinda bad especially for the worm.

  Big Boomin’ Blockbuster Challenge:  14/15 [International Blockbuster]

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  Ravenous 1999

  ★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Don’t know why Beedont thought I’d like this.

Popular reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Might be rating this one a bit high, but pretty much a perfect spy / espionage thriller. That doesn’t even need any action! Pretty incredible.

  Though Soderbergh did not write this script, I was immediately struck by the resemblance to sex, lies, and videotape. Though this movie is about spying and a deus ex machina whatever doomsday device, the juice is really in the relationships. That’s the heart of the story. And specifically, the lies, what we hold, and we…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2025

  Torn between three and three and a half stars. Good, not great. Falls into my “overly indulgent director.” There are a lot of cool ideas in concept that don’t work in practicality on display here.

  Contrary to popular opinion - the second half is the juice.

  Movie is too long but not sure what I would cut.