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Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Galaxy Quest

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  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    ★★★★★

  • Mean Girls

    ★★★★

  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    ★★★

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    ★★★★½

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  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    ★★★

    The older I get, the harder it is to watch Jar Jar bumble his way through the galaxy. If only they had not taken him to Tatooine, it would have been a different movie.

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    ★★★★½

    Canis lupus. Vulpes vulpes.

    I don’t think he speaks English or Latin. 

    Good luck out there. 

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  • A Goofy Movie

    A Goofy Movie

    ★★★★

    Unironically, I do think this is one of the best movies from the "Disney Renaissance." A memorable, catchy soundtrack drives a warm-hearted look into the conflicting relationship of a teenage father and his son. The animation and voice acting are sufficient, but this film's most commendable attribute is its ability to illustrate Max and Goofy's individual perspectives as legitimate interpretations of the emotional rigors of their life-stage.

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    ★★★★½

    Here del Toro has given the Pinocchio legend more than a body and a soul - he has breathed into it true intent.  This film is a beautifully animated, bizarre examination of family, love, life, and joy mingled with grief.

    And it is in the end a lovely thing to live among those whom we most love , just as it is a tragedy to lose those whom we most adore.

    My gut impulse is 5*, but this certainly dragged in the middle. This is now the second film featuring Ewan McGregor that has left me in tears. 92. 

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