Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Omen 2006

  Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Another in the seemingly endless line of unnecessary, inferior remakes. Now with added jump scares!

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  Beauty and the Beast 1978

  Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Second only to Cocteau's version. A sumptuously atmospheric feast for the senses.

Popular reviews

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  Father of the Bride 1950

  Watched 25 Apr 2024

  Disappointingly dull. I suppose if you find the concept of weddings (and the preparations surrounding them) inherently funny, you might enjoy this one. I barely cracked a smile. When the nightmare sequence is the best part of a comedy, something is wrong.

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  Green Book 2018

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  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Racism.

  I'm not surprised this won Oscars, but I am embarrassed. It says a lot about the pathetic state of things in this country when a movie whose watered-down, ham-fisted message would've had eyes rolling in 1962 - the year in which its set - is deemed noteworthy in 2018. It's supposed to be about confronting prejudice, yet it's overflowing with the most obvious stereotypes imaginable. (It's also one of those films where you can…