Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  All of Us Strangers 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Jan 2025

  in two ways about the ending, but the rest is still devastating.

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  The Missing Picture 2013

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Jan 2025

  The claywork is incredible, and there are moments of profound beauty amid all the tragedy and nightmarish imagery. I only wish the film had the self-assurance to forgo the meandering narration. Occasionally, a line or two struck harmony with the sculpted visuals, but much of it seemed intentionally opaque and unintelligible, repeating vague rhetorical questions over and over. What little substance there was could have been conveyed far more effectively - and with far more depth and pathos - through…

Popular reviews

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  Psycho 1960

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Jun 2021

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  Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Aug 2020 1

  A guy obsessed with model trains soon becomes obsessed with building a mountain in his house after an encounter with aliens. This is certainly an interesting film and alongside Jaws, the most Spielberg-y Spielberg film out of them all.

  I plan on rewatching this one again soon, I feel like I might be able to add another 1/2 star at least. The direction and cinematography were flawless, as is to be expected from any classic Spielberg film. The visual (both…