Joe

Joe

Reviewing films when I watch them, or when I remember they exist.

Favorite films

  • Eraserhead
  • Harold and Maude
  • Joe Versus the Volcano
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    ★★★★

  • Addams Family Values

    ★★★★½

  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    ★★★★★

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  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

    If I were an actor and I needed to cry on cue, I’d think of Fire Walk With Me. It would work. Every time. It’s working right now.

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    ★★★★

    Far too many people forget just how difficult it is to make a movie THIS entertaining. 

    If anyone out there has seen the old D&D movie with Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans, they’ll know what I mean. That movie tries so hard in all the wrong directions and is about as enjoyable as watching a burrito hit your windshield.

    Honour Among Thieves is so fluidly paced, with such a great grasp of character and comic timing - but most importantly,…

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  • Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

    Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

    ½

    A film so horrendous I’ve watched it eleven times.

  • Eddie Izzard: Definite Article

    Eddie Izzard: Definite Article

    ★★★★★

    I still watch/listen to this all the time. Her delivery is fucking musical and her ideas are so joyful. Eddie Izzard is about as important to me as David Bowie.


    Also I think she’s better on audio, but of all the filmed performances, this is probably the best. 


    Incidentally…
    Unrepeatable = Hunky Dory
    Definite Article = Ziggy Stardust
    Glorious = Berlin trilogy
    Dress To Kill = Let’s Dance

    I won’t explain.

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