Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Casino Royale 2006

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  -From the jump, the black and white messy bathroom kill, and the cold clinical assassination in Prague, you know this really was the start of a new, grittier era for the James Bond series
  -I forgot Chris Cornell sang the opening song, “You Know My Name”
  -That chase scene in Madagascar has my knees aching, and how they able to perform those stunts, jumping from crane to crane, and moving the camera so kinetically is amazing
  -Peep all the Sony…

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  The Birdcage 1996

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  Wasn’t expecting to check “Gene Hackman as a Senator in drag trying to escape the paparazzi” off my 2025 Bingo Card. R.I.P.
  Also has great physical performances from Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.
  I’m really starting to see a theme through Mike Nichols’ career, and how he despised societal constructs and cultural conservatism. Look no further than this, “The Graduate”, and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”.

Popular reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Jul 2023

  So many thoughts coming to mind as I walk out of the theater and reflect. I feel almost as scattershot and awestruck as Oppenheimer must’ve felt dreaming of the quantum realm.
  This is the closest Nolan has gotten to Oliver Stone territory in terms of its examination of the American Military-Industrial Complex. (So fitting seeing this in D.C.) And yet, it’s as subjective and gray as the most intimate of arthouse films.
  The performances and technical achievements are a sight…

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  Mad Max: Fury Road 2015

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 14 Jan 2024

  One of those films that I thought was merely good when I first saw it. But now I’m even more impressed by its brilliance, not only in its technical achievements, but also in the fact that it took George Miller 20 plus years of hardship and setbacks to bring this to fruition. It only proves that some of the best stories really do find a way to be told, one way or another.
  Also, I highly recommend that anybody interested in Mad Max and hectic film productions give “Blood, Sweat and Chrome” a read (or listen).