Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Swingers 1996

  ★★½ Watched 27 Nov 2024

  It’s worth watching just so that you can get “you’re so money” in your vernacular.

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  Napoleon 2023

  ★★½ Watched 03 Dec 2023

  For someone who doesn’t really know much about Napoleon, I left the theatre with, still, no idea why his name echoes throughout history. Whatever was left on the cutting floor needs to amount to something substantial for the movie to land better for me.

  There’s some striking beauty here, mainly the first battle and the snow battle. The cinematography there is incredible; the way it stoops so low to capture the on-ground action and the nervousness of the troops is…

Popular reviews

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  Baby Driver 2017

  ½ Watched 14 Sep 2017

  Terrible. Just terrible.

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  Lessons of Darkness 1992

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Feb 2016

  It's hard for me to rate documentary movies. War documentaries even more so. And it's unbearable when it's a documentary about the near-destruction of your home. So my 5-star rating merely reflects my affection towards the cinematography -- it feels more like a lively art book. An exceptionally well-crafted photography book.

  I look at what happened to Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest of the region, and I keep thinking how miraculous it is that Kuwait and its people got the good side of the coin flip. Not without irreparable casualties, but we're incredibly fucking lucky, aren't we.