J B

J B

Just a casual movie watcher

Favorite films

  • Tombstone
  • Alien
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Sicario

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  • Judas and the Black Messiah

    ★★★½

  • Peter Pan

    ★★★★★

  • Sicario

    ★★★★½

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    ★★★½

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  • Judas and the Black Messiah

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    ★★★½

    Very much a dilatory film, over-ambitious, but still enjoyable when considering the history and just outright amazing acting in this film. My largest gripe is that it feels like the director is trying to help immerse the viewer into the situation, with all the finite details; there are scenes that seems to drag on after recycling itself ad nauseum. I will say that King's process did produce some good results, though, such as the nice surprise of characters saying "goodbye" to each other on the phone before hanging it up. Still worth a watch, either way.

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    ★★★★★

    Okay hear me out, it's the best and only Peter Pan.

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  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    ★★★½

    Although a bit dated and over-the-top at times, Kevin Reynolds's rendition of The Count of Monte Cristo breathes a new sense of life to Alexandre Dumas's legendary novel. There is not a movie in this film where I wasn't sitting on the edge of my seat in this swashbuckling film of romance, adventure and revenge.

  • Tombstone

    Tombstone

    ★★★★

    Tombstone shadows the late life of the Earps after their days of chasing outlaws. Wyatt brings his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, along with their wives to the growing town of Tombstone, where they run into their friend and former colleague, Doc Holliday, before running into some trouble that threatens their dream of a new and peaceful life.

    The film itself is a dramatized biopic of the Earps around the time of the famous OK Corral event, and is full of…

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