Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Leap Year 2010

  ★½ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  I really don’t like it

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Clarrisa was right. “My God, that [taciturn dialogue] is hot.” 

  The screenplay, although tough to follow at times, was certainly word-porn.

  Perfectly cast, expertly dressed, deftly executed. This is a real movie.

Popular reviews

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  The Iron Claw 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Nov 2023

  My body wasn’t prepared for this one. It wasn’t built to withstand an onslaught of emotional dropkicks at 10 a.m. during the LA Sunday screening. My body was primed, however, for the beginning of the Zac Efronaissance. Zac’s career-defining portrayal of a modern tragic hero who acheived Herculean heights is delivered with a heart as pure as his body is BUILT without the performance verging into campy sports film territory. He made me laugh, he made me cry, he caused me…

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  Inside Out 2 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jun 2024

  I cannot wait for the plot of Inside Out 5—where we find Anxiety has devolved into a gargantuan monster because Riley is quickly losing a bidding war over a 950 sq. foot condo with “character” in Glendale.