Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Casino 1995

  ★★★ Watched 12 Dec 2024

  Movie was alright. The ending felt weak for a Scorsese film, but they can’t all be fives I guess. It just felt to me that it suffers from the same weakness most gangster movies do, the “moral of the story” being “crime doesn’t pay, you’ll be sad and alone in the end, if you’re the one who lives.” The beginning was the strongest part, characters introduced were memorable and they just came out swinging.

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  The Irishman 2019

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Jul 2024

  Very solid film. Camerawork and the choice to have a lot of narration from Robert De Niro both stood out to me as wonderful, though I have my issues with the film. 

  This definitely didn’t need to take almost 3 1/2 hours of my life. The end was boring and it didn’t really add anything to the story I wouldn’t have otherwise seen coming if the last 20 minutes or so was cut off. Lots of names flied, to the…

Popular reviews

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  The Devil Wears Prada 2006

  ★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Talk to Me 2022

  ★★ Watched 24 Aug 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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