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Favorite films

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • It's a Wonderful Life

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  • About Time

    ★★★★★

  • Treasure Island

    ★★★½

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    ★★★

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★½

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  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    ★★★★★

    “I think I’ll go to sleep and dream about piles of gold getting bigger and bigger.”

    Unforgiven, Rio Bravo, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, High Plains Drifter, Dances with Wolves, The Dollars Trilogy- All as equally spectacular as iconic. An ageless classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is undoubtedly well situated among these western greats. 

    Huston’s tale of tension, greed, and…

  • Jurassic World Dominion

    Jurassic World Dominion

    ★★★

    “Whatever happens. That’s the plan.”

    Okay. Just hear me out. Sequels, especially brand new series, will never live up to the hype of the originals. Now that we have that out of the way, Jurassic World Dominion should not be held to the standards of the early Jurassic Park series.

    Collin Trevorrow's directorial career as of yet can be summed up as 'a feeble attempt to differentiate from the original genre of adventure towards a more science fiction focused theme'.…

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  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

    ★★★★★

    sorry for just now posting this, but this was my 1000th movie on letterboxd. and it was amazing.

    Rating: A