Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Street Scene 1931

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play it adapts holds up remarkably well, and the acting is impressive for an early talkie.

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Soderbergh's slick (arguably a bit too slick) spy mystery is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" meets "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by way of 'Carnage'.

  While I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as 'No Sudden Move', I actually wouldn't mind a sequel.

Popular reviews

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  The Sound of Music 1965

  ★★★ Added 10

  ♫ pre-dict-able plot-lines and chee-sy ro-man-ces

  o-ver-hyped clas-sics and mu-si-cal dan-ces

  mild-ly an-noy-ing small chil-dren who sing

  that will ne-ver be my fa-vo-rite thing ♫

  ... but, hey, it's hard to really, truly hate this.

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  C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005

  ★★★★½ Added 1

  An amazingly rich coming-of-age story. Quite possibly one of the most well-directed films I have ever seen. Vallée's stylistic choices are impressive yet never too imposing. Performances are superb all round, though with the actor playing the father being the obvious stand-out. The portrayal of family dynamics seemed utterly authentic, and I loved how the movie chronicles several years while always maintaining Zach's point of view, making it both epic and very personal.