Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Social Network 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Feb 2025 1

  • despite the fact that I assume most of this movie is inaccurate, it presents a story that feels emotionally true.  Powerful stuff 

  • secret weapon of this movie is that the legacy is quite amorphous.  I feel differently about the players, (be them Zuckerberg, Thiel, hell even guys like the Winkelvei and Larry Summers), and those feelings can transform very quickly

  • it’s different watching this movie than it was 8 months ago, and it’s different from when you…

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  Anora 2024

  Rewatched 20 Jan 2025

  the reason she should win the Oscar over the other contenders, is that it’s just a very varied performance.  She’s asked to do very physically taxing things, as well as portray a wide swath of emotions, and she never breaks.

Popular reviews

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  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2021

  Indiana in India?!?!  What will happen when worlds collide??

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  The Madoff Affair 2009

  Watched 07 Feb 2022

  Mr. Madoff sure was an unethical guy.  My business law professor was right all along!

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