Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Mar 2025

  Max Richter you have my heart ❤️

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 01 Mar 2025

  How can you elevate an already perfect end to a perfect trilogy? Live orchestra. Watching this performed live is such an emotional experience. Loved having the audience get equally hyped during the iconic moments.

  The older I get, the more I appreciate the themes surrounding the entire trilogy. Tween me obviously loved the battle sequences (and continue to fawn over to this day), but 30 year old me really values the themes of friendship, hope, and despair. Particularly enjoy seeing the…

Popular reviews

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★ Watched 14 Apr 2024

  Fascinating to see the photojournalist perspective on war. There were some really cool sequences and great shots, but those are interspersed with bland character development and odd dialogue.

  I have mixed feelings about the timing and general idea of the setting being a modern American civil war. Felt shallow and fear-mongery. On the bright side, it’s a fresh setting compared to the tiresome tropes of Russia/Nazis/Middle East v America.

  Highlight of the movie was the JC Penney product placement a la destroyed building. Hilariously on brand

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  Monkey Man 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Apr 2024

  What a thrilling action movie! Sort of formulaic, but the action choreography is Wickedly fun (see what I did there?).

  Shaky cam will always be unpleasant for me

  [Disclaimer: I missed the first 30ish minutes]