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Favorite films

  • To Be or Not to Be
  • Le Trou
  • High Noon
  • The Verdict

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  • His Girl Friday

    ★★★★½

  • F for Fake

    ★★★★

  • The Lonely Guy

    ★★★

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    ★★★★

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  • Kiki's Delivery Service

    Kiki's Delivery Service

    ★★★★½

    I would die for Jiji!

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★

    Pleasantly surprised that the cinematography wasn't as bad as I had been led to believe. Maybe the 4K Blu-ray grading is an improvement over the theatrical release.

    Still, it flagrantly flaunts one of my cardinal bugaboos about filmmaking. You need to earn a >100 minute runtime with conpelling storytelling and characterization. You need a good reason to exceed a 120-minute runtime. And you need a damn good reason to exceed a 140-minute runtime.

    This felt simultaneously overlong and incredibly rushed, like 1/3 of the character development happened off screen inexplicably.

    Good songs and committed performances from both leads.