Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Kong: Skull Island 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  An odd change in tone to introduce Kong to the Monsterverse, which was charming at some points and bad-Marvelesque at others. Having one F-bomb in your PG-13 movie and not giving it to Samuel L. Jackson should be a crime. Pretty shockingly gruesome at a few points, the spider leg kill was gnarly. Also comes with a bit of a VFX downgrade background-wise but it shines when Kong is there and Tom Hiddleston is slicing mini pterodactyls up. Amazing color! A lot more neon than expected. John C. Reilly's character getting a happy ending made me happy.

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  No Other Land 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  Absolutely devastating watch. If anything else had won best doc I would riot. Maybe the most important movie and win of 2024. Nothing on film compares to the pure evil enacted by Israeli soldiers in this movie, and nothing comes close to the indomitable spirit of every Palestinian standing up to them, filming them, shouting at them, shaming them. Shame on Zionists.

  This should be required viewing for everybody. Please, if this is showing near you, go see it. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Popular reviews

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  The Firing Squad 2024

  ½ Watched 02 Aug 2024 10

  Dude. DUUUUUDE. I knew this was gonna be bad but holy shit, this is like The Room of Christian movies.

  Genuinely the funniest thing I've seen in ages, I was cackling, hooting, hollering and screaming "No fucking WAY" at so many points. This is shot on the cheapest, worst cameras, and definitely on a phone or two. The music comes in at the absolute worst times to achieve its intended effect, its genericness makes every scene comedic beyond belief. The…

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  Exhibiting Forgiveness 2024

  ★½ Watched 07 Oct 2024 3

  My first and probably last AMC Screen Unseen.

  I'm sorry, but I get nothing out of these dime-a-dozen family dramas. Yeah it probably stems from a very personal place in the filmmaker's heart, but I feel nothing except boredom. I fell asleep for like half an hour of this. It's kinda well shot and pretty well acted, but I just don't give a shit about this movie. Sorry. Never forgive your abusers by the way.