Thomas Jerome Newton

Thomas Jerome Newton

I rate stuff on a 1-4 star scale to keep things simple and cool, like myself.

Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • Charade
  • The Maltese Falcon

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  • Grave of the Fireflies

    ★★★★

  • Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon

    ★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★

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  • Grave of the Fireflies

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★★★★

    This movie made me upset pretty much the entire time I was watching it and every time I think about it. My kid cried.

  • Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon

    Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon

    ★★★

    I didn't watch this special, but I saw a Nick Mullen set at the world famous Sidesplitters in Tampa when he was working out this material, which is basically the same thing.

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  • Arrival

    Arrival

    Arrival is terrible. I don’t want any confusion on this point. It’s exactly as devoid of character, plot, or narrative logic as any summer blockbuster garbage that critics trip over each other to condemn. But it’s slow and boring and scored with sad string music, so critics that don’t deserve their jobs will tell the public it’s “smart sci-fi.”

    Arrival tells the story of Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams), a linguist of the most cunning variety, and her intergalactic ESL…

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park

    ★★★★

    I've always felt ashamed that I found this movie kind of boring as a kid, despite being a mondo dino freak. But I always suspected it was because I was gonzo for dinosaurs that it left me unsatisfied.

    After rewatching with my mondo dino freak kids they bitterly listed all the dinosaurs they hoped to see that were absent and, yeah, it's a bit like when your favorite band plays a bunch of deep cuts instead of their hits.

    It…

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