Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Late Spring 1949

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Jun 2016

  According to Letterboxd, this is the 1,500th film I've ever watched. And what a beautiful choice it turned out to be. I love Ozu's portrayal of the mundane. His calm observations of human behavior. And the simple emotions he expresses, so subtly conveying the joys and sorrows of everyday life.

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  Inside Out 2015

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2015

  So good in so many ways.

Popular reviews

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  Jupiter Ascending 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 07 Feb 2015

  For all the space opera silliness going on (which, I admit, I love), Jupiter Ascending is a fantastic and fantastical. There isn’t quite the visual iconic perfection of the Matrix trilogy or Speed Racer going on here, but the atmosphere, world-building, rich aesthetic design, kinetic visuals, and the strong, sincere, character-based storytelling make for an excellent film.

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  Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Dec 2014

  “Do you know what ‘Israelite’ means in their own language? ‘He who fights with God’.”

  “‘He who wrestles with God’. There’s a difference.”

  We categorize Moses as being a man of great faith, and with that approach, this Moses we find in Christian Bale seems out of place or un-Biblical at first. What we get instead is Moses the Egyptian, who has to accept that these slaves are his people, and that the people he grew up close to are…

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