Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Mar 2025 1

  Unforgettable theater experience tonight.

  I went into this viewing with a much more critical eye. Not where I was looking for pieces I don’t enjoy but rather, trying to make sense of why I do love these movies so much. I had so many fresh thoughts this time compared to other uncritical comfort watches in the past. 

  For one, this is the peak of visual effects. The computer effects are high fidelity enough to convince me of exactly what they…

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  The Lion King 1994

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025 2

  What if I got drunk and reviewed the lion king without watching it? Wtf yall gonna do? This movie is the best movie of all time.

  I don’t even need to watch it to review. I got every framed burned into the back of my eyes. Best movie of all time. 

  One more thing about not watching this, I saw this 1000000000 times in my youth, I feel like that’s gotta count for something.

Recent reviews

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  The Post 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Toothlessly trying to stick it to Trump. Relevant but not particularly well done or revelatory.

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  War of the Worlds 2005

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  The fifth time I’ve seen Spielberg tackle aliens and the first time they have been solely destructive killers (unless you count the gift of ultimate knowledge from Crystal Skull). While it was fun to watch, this movie just kinda stalls after the first hour. I could feel Spielberg trying to rev the engine after that point but the movie just wasn’t going anywhere fast.

Popular reviews

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  There Will Be Blood 2007

  Rewatched 17 May 2024 3

  There will be tears.

  I’m writing this from the booth of Doc Films on my last shift as projectionist here. There Will Be Blood is finishing up on the screen behind me while I am cleaning up Evelyn. This whole show, I have been on the verge of tears and the second the final R rating frame shows up, I know the dam is going to break. 

  It feels so fast and so short. From the moment I heard about…

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  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Mar 2025 4

  If you don’t fuck with E.T., I don’t fuck with you. 🫵

  I have been going through Spielberg’s filmography recently because it’s only recently I really decided to open my mind to his kind of movies.

  In a similar turn of events, one day I randomly started loving Paul McCartney and the Beatles. I had been a long time hater. In retrospect, for absolutely no good reason. This is is very similar to the unfounded bias I had maintained about…