Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Die Hart 2023

  ½ Watched 13 Jun 2024

  A hot steamy dookie of a movie. Watching this felt like homework.

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  Fallen Angels 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Nov 2023

  Every action taken in this is felt. The camera effortlessly mirroring the tone and emotion at any given point in the story. Wong is clearly acutely aware of the power of a moment. This is pop art come alive.

Popular reviews

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  The Thin Red Line 1998

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Sep 2023

  Sometimes a film is just perfect and I think this one checks all the boxes. An astonishing and deeply moving experience that had me eager to watch the story unfold. A film that runs nearly three hours, but seems to use every second to maximum effect. Every shot is the correct shot for what the scene is trying to say. Be it breathtaking beauty or abject horror Malick's camera absorbs the truth of this situation through the multiple perspectives he…

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  Rushmore 1998

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Sep 2023

  I’m starting to think this Wes Anderson guy is pretty good at making movies

  “Anderson has a fine sense of how music works against an image. There’s the beautiful ending of Rushmore, when Miss Cross removes Max Fischer’s glasses and gazes into the boy’s eyes — really the eyes of her dead husband — as the Faces’ “Ooh La La” plays on the soundtrack. - Martin Scorsese