Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Abominable Snowman 1957

  ★★★½ Added

  This movie is much, much, MUCH better than I remembered it from viewings on UHF TV channels as a kid. I don't know that I'd call it a classic, but it heads in that direction. An intelligent script, tight direction and editing, solid production design, and really good acting from all the principals make this a superior entry in the Hammer Films catalog of science fiction movies. Peter Cushing is at the top of his game, playing that combination of…

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  Shoot 'Em Up 2007

  ★★★½ Added

  A lot of fun, if almost completely absurd. If Tex Avery and John Woo had collaborated on a film, this might be it. Clive Owen and (especially!) Paul Giamatti are clearly having a blast (pun intended) here, chewing up the scenery into splinters. Without breaking character, their sense of fun communicates itself to the audience, who, in turn, can share in their delight with all the pyrotechnic freneticism. Monica Bellucci brings a certain dramatic moral core to the story, and…