joshuahonea

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Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Harvey

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  • Watcher

    ★★★½

  • The Princess Bride

    ★★★★½

  • Top Gun: Maverick

    ★★★½

  • Children of Men

    ★★★★★

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  • The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

    The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

    Very cheesy. But Emma & Nora seemed to both be affected by the miracles and seeing Jesus at the end. It might be a good idea to watch more Christian films with them, as it could lead to more discussions about faith.

  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    ★★★★★

    One of the best family films I’ve ever seen, perhaps the best.

  • The Taste of Things

    The Taste of Things

    ★★★★½

    If your wives love cooking/gastronomy/French cuisine/romance, I can highly recommend "The Taste of Things". Most beautiful and detailed film about food I've ever seen. 19th century Food porn at its most sophisticated form, if you don't mind lots of dead animals. Cinematography is gorgeous. And I would give it Academy Award nomination for best Sound editing, with its simplicity of the sounds of the kitchen and how intentional it is about picking up the actors breathing/movements. Juliette Binoche is stunning. …

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    ★★★★½

    All Quiet on the Western Front is the best war film I’ve seen in quite some time, arguably standing alongside 1917. A horrifying depiction of WWI: trench warfare, the in-your-face onslaught of death and disparity, and grotesque nature of man in war is brutal beyond belief.

    Not often are films made from the German perspective, let alone make you sympathetic towards the soldiers. Every daunting minute creates more dread for our characters and its audience. Very few war films have felt as…