Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Erin Brockovich 2000

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  Julia Roberts is truly unreal. If this were made today I feel like it would be Jennifer Lawrence as Erin Brockovich and it wouldn’t be nearly as good, and I say that as a pretty substantial JLaw fan. Julia just has that true IT factor here in a way that feels like it doesn’t even exist anymore. Rarely has someone nailed a role more perfectly than this.
  It’s a very small moment in the film, but the scene where she’s…

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  A playful but mysterious little dish, you’ll love it.

Popular reviews

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  Crimson Tide 1995

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Unfathomably well directed and edited. The battle of wills between Denzel and Gene is truly all-time. Fairly comfortable in my humble and newly formed opinion that this is Tony Scott’s best, and I say that as a big fan of his.

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  Halloween Kills 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Oct 2021

  I just left the theater. Can someone tell me what I’m missing? This thing is amazing, in so many ways. Every slasher ever has idiotic characters making more idiotic decisions, so what? What are we even talking about? The score is impeccable, the kills are pretty great and full of practical fx, and the energy is nonstop. This film is the payoff of “ignoring the sequels.” Michael Myers doesn’t give a shit if you’re Laurie Strode(truly doesn’t), doesn’t give a…