Recent reviews

• 

  The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009

  ★★½ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  I've been focusing on writing which means my watch rate is extremely low at the moment.

  I forced myself to take a break, I believe it was last weekend, to watch a film and, needing something light, I went with this heavyweight comedy.

  Regardless of whether or not I was distracted elsewhere, having forgotten that I had watched this probably says something about it.

  And having forgotten whether I had watched it previously to my watch probably says more. I…

• 

  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Back in 2021, I made a New Years resolution of sorts to finally start openly writing and as my inaugural review I chose the film that had spurred my desire to start tackling this practice.

  That film was PARASITE. A film which I thought had extreme relevance to the South Korean social dialectic but wasn't entirely relevant to the American scene.

  Despite even myself thinking this could be a stretch - that we do not suffer under such dire and…

Popular reviews

• 

  Theaters of War 2022

  ★★★★★ Added

  Three things happened when I went to watch this film.

  1. I watched the first five seconds of the trailer and was sold.

  2. I became aggravatingly disappointed within the first five minutes thinking I had made the wrong choice for the days documentary.

  3. I stuck around long enough to entirely vindicate what I thought this documentary just might be.

  Let me completely transparent. I am rating this movie above its weight. But this just may be this years…

• 

  Two in the Wave 2010

  ★★★ Added

  Is this a well made documentary? No!

  But is it interesting despite its shallow depths? Yes!

  Is Godard the braver filmmaker? Probably!

  But is Truffaut the better filmmaker? Yes!

  Was Godard right to be political? Sure!

  But was Truffaut correct that it is boring and trite? Yes!

  Was Godard the brains that turned the machine on its head? Most likely!

  But did he lack the originality, talent, and heart of Traffaut? Certainly!

  Could I watch The 400 Blows endlessly? Yes!…

Following