Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The Fabelmans 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2023

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

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Jun 2023

  “I miss the desert. I miss the sea. And I miss waking up every morning wondering what wonderful adventure the new day will bring to us.”

  I could not review this objectively if I tried— I love this character too much, but I’ll just say those last twenty minutes or so were especially beautiful (what a big swing!). 

  So nice to see an adventure with the man in the hat one last time. Not a perfect film, but an emotional,…

Recent reviews

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  The Elephant Man 1980

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Mar 2025

  That shot when Dr. Treves sees John for the first time… Anthony Hopkins is marvelous in this. John Hurt, too. Beautiful B&W cinematography.

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  Man of La Mancha 1972

  ★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2025

  “Mad men are the children of God.”

  Great allegory for filmmaking as a collaboration here, if you’re looking for that sort of thing. Peter O’Toole is great here; has the same physicality as C-3PO in this. Neat film that somehow manages to be fantastical while looking so insanely drab at the same time.

Popular reviews

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  Terror in a Texas Town 1958

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Aug 2020

  About as “B-movie” as you can get, but it’s pretty enjoyable. Sterling Hayden is good, as always. Really catchy score, too.

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  Ongka's Big Moka 1974

  Watched 12 Mar 2024

  Watched for anthropology class. 

  This reminds me of those poorly dubbed Godzilla films where the actor is moving their mouth for what feels like 30 seconds and all that comes out of their mouths is a dubbed voice of “good morning, sir.”