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Favorite films

  • Spirited Away
  • Finding Nemo
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Whiplash

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★★

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

    ★★★

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  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

    IMDB Top 100 Marathon
    #27

    Beautiful, magical, transcendent. Those are just a few words I would use to describe Spirited Away. Although I don't think a single word in the English language can truly describe what this film means to me. Spirited Away came to me at a time in my life where I had forgotten where my passions lay. Watching the film for the first time, I was reminded of why movies are my passion. For the longest time,…

  • Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo

    ★★★★★

    It's a childhood favorite that will never leave my favorite films of all time.

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  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★

    Novacaine is at its best when it embraces the absurdity of its premise. There's something inherently funny about watching a protagonist who can't feel pain shrug off brutal physical inflictions like they're nothing. Jack Quaid's likable acting presence adds even more entertainment value to these moments of brutal and bloody physical comedy. It helps that he's surrounded by a pretty likable supporting cast, as everyone is a lot of fun here, with particular highlights from Ray Nicholson in a smarmy…

  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    For a spy thriller, Black Bag is remarkably low-key. It's a film more focused on the personal dynamics of its characters than on the specifics of the characters' espionage work or the plot device involving some piece of nuclear technology. Most of the film comprises dialogue-driven scenes of characters cross-examining each other for personal reasons, such as revealing personal truths and infidelities or interrogating secrets in that classic espionage fashion of "who told what to who." David Koepp's script makes…

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ★★★★★

    Like many of Martin Scorsese's recent films, an emotional weightiness looms over Killers of the Flower Moon for the entirety of the runtime. It's what makes the film's behemoth 3-and-a-half-hour runtime so engrossing. Scorsese uses this long runtime to get you emotionally invested in these characters. The story delves deep into the lives of Ernest Burkhart, his wife Molly, and William Hale and his relationship with Ernest and the Osage people. As you witness their relationships and connections with others…