Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Insider 1999

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

  Meditative masterpiece, ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

  I saw this long before I knew anything about Michael Mann and film and found it riveting. Top tier Pacino and Christopher Plummer is even better.

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  Paddington 2 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Reputation well deserved, what a delight. Preferred the original by a bit but this is charming.

Popular reviews

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  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Apr 2023

  Banger 70's train heist film with some of the most New York guys to ever walk the Earth. Paved the way for a ton of inferior iterations.
  
  Perfect one to have seen in 35mm.

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  Easy Rider 1969

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Nov 2021 4

  Thoughtful stoner road film steeped in prescient commentary about the DNA of America. Soundtrack is bar none. Really great.