Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Marguerite 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2019

  Beautifully simple, honest, and heartbreaking story. Easily my top pick for the Oscars.

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  Detainment 2018

  ★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2019

  These kids are ridiculously good actors but I’m not sure this film adds anything to this true story. It’s 2019, can we be done with the murderer fetish??

Popular reviews

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  Holmes & Watson 2018

  ★ Watched 07 Jan 2019

  I didn’t think this movie could get any worse, but then they started singing. Would rate 0 stars if I could.

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  Steel Magnolias 1989

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Apr 2018

  This has been my favorite movie for most of my life. The entire cast does such an amazing job capturing the mannerisms and turns of phrase of the South in a very authentic way — Dolly Parton’s Northeast Tennessee twang hits particularly close to home for me. Sally Field and Julia Roberts are flawless and Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis deliver career capstone performances. I’ve seen this movie dozens of time, and I’m sure I’ll watch it dozens more.