Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Stop Making Sense 1984

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 11 May 2024

  This exists as its own thing, a perfect coalescence of film and music. Even if you'd seen it countless times and had it playing in the background while you were cleaning your house, that viewing would still hold the power to dwarf a number of live musical performances that you've seen throughout your life. It's that good.
  I would've immediately fucked up and dropped that lamp.

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Apr 2024

  Even with trying to avoid the discourse around this before seeing, it was impossible to not pick up on the overwhelming frustration that a lot of people seem to have with Garland seemingly not taking some sort of stance or not really having anything new or profound to say given the subject matter. Knowing the premise and having seen the trailer I wasn't sure exactly how that would take shape, but it does become apparent pretty quickly that Civil War…

Recent reviews

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  Popeye the Slayer Man 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  It is not often that I get to watch a movie in a theater where I know someone who was directly involved with the making of it and get to see their name in the credits. That alone is worth at least three stars. There are some pretty good kills and the practical effects honestly exceed what they should be for something of this caliber and I appreciate that to the tune of two additional stars. Biased rating but this was a fun outing.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  It wouldn't be fair to expect a masterpiece every time out. Mickey 17 is a fun action/comedy/sci-fi and a Bong Joon-ho film through and through when looking at the ideas in play and the character depictions. Pattinson delivers with a committed performance(s) and Mark Ruffalo is hilarious as this particular caricature. But overall this didn't feel as tight and developed as what I've come to hope for out of someone on the level of Bong Joon-ho. Some of the dialogue,…

Popular reviews

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  After Hours 1985

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Jan 2023

  I've now seen After Hours somewhere between 5-10 times in my life and I am pretty confident in saying that it is my favorite "all in one night" film, my favorite NYC film and on any given day my favorite Scorsese film. I feel like I am living this night with Paul Hackett every time I watch it.

  "I said I want to see a plaster of paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight, now cough it up!"

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  Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Oct 2023

  David Grann's book is one of the best things I've read in recent years and one of the more enraging historical accounts that I've ever read. And the way that Martin Scorsese constructs a film narrative out of the content of the book is not only beyond impressive it is important.

  It's important because this story encapsulates (especially when considering who these crimes were perpetrated against) so many of the principles used when founding this country and progressing through history.…