Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Life Is Sweet 1990

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  The speech Alison Steadman gives at the end is powerful but sweet. I recently saw this for the first time and it has become one of my favorites from Mike Leigh.

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  The French Connection 1971

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Lots of tailing in dirty old NYC before luxury took over. Now it looks like anywhere

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Who’s NOT in this movie? Too many bullets and I didn’t care about any of the characters.

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  Presumed Innocent 1990

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Jan 2025

  Not great but not bad. It does a better job than the recent series remake.

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