Favorite films

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  Saint-Ex 1996

  ★ Watched 04 Nov 2019 2

  Takes someone whose life was like bottled lightning and portrays him as if he were a lava lamp.

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  For Love of the Game 1999

  ★★★ Watched 29 Oct 2019

  Almost the Lagaan of baseball movies.

Popular reviews

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  Tokyo Family 2013

  ★★★★ Watched 31 Jul 2013 2

  Given an extremely tough time by the critical majority for daring to emulate and mimic an apparently sacred object. Sure, Yamada's treatment is uneven, quite distant from Tokyo Story's deftness and indelible power. No surprise. We're also talking about a devoted 80-something craftsperson reiterating in the half-manner of an acknowledged master that good-natured, helpful people, filial or otherwise, are the best kind to have near when calamity strikes. Such an insult?

  Admittedly, while I'm happy to drift free of historical…

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  Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004

  ★★★ Watched 15 Jul 2013

  If the Muppets smoked weed and envisaged being human, this is the show they'd put on.

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