Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Pride & Prejudice 2005

  Watched 26 Feb 2025

  Can any amount of gorgeous scenery, engaging performances and fancy camerawork make up for the loss of Jane Austen's intelligence and acid wit? Is it entirely unfair to compare books to movies? Well, the movie works.

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  Say Amen, Somebody 1982

  Rewatched 13 Feb 2025

  I return to this movie several times a year like a parched man to water. It's an astonishing, perfect documentary, and easily one of the greatest music docs of all time.

Popular reviews

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  Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

  ½ Watched 28 Sep 2023 1

  My old TV's inability to properly render Na'vi nipples really ruined the movie for me

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  The Witch 2015

  Rewatched 21 Oct 2023

  A film that takes the Puritan worldview as factual is a premise frightening all on its own. For the Puritans, god is set at a great remove due to the unflagging sinfulness of humanity. The devil is always near at hand to tempt, waylay, and corrupt even (or especially) the most fervently pious. Some are preordained to heaven, yes, but most are preordained for hell and the devil. The mother and father in this movie are so intensely pious that…