Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Lighthouse Island 1989

  Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Every moment of this 25-minute fairytale is strange and unexpected, but the final twist is especially fun. The subtle way it subverts expectations regarding gender roles - and even challenges the way humans are centered in the story - was a pleasant surprise. Also, there's a few Jim Henson's Creature Shop creations wandering through many scenes, which is always nice.
  Lighthouse Island is an odd little one-off which clumsily tries to do too much (clearly this was conceived as a…

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  Speed 1994

  ★★★★ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  What if they built the whole movie out of the action set piece? What if the 3 acts of a script were "runaway elevator", "runaway bus", and "runaway train"?
  A nail-biting thrill ride from start to finish, packed with constant reminders of America's crumbling infrastructure, and the eternal process of our expanding concrete and steel footprint. Dennis Hopper seems like he was having the time of his life - whether he was sharing a scene with another person or not.

Popular reviews

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  Farinelli 1994

  ★★★ Watched 06 Jun 2021

  Pretty cool that the filmmakers apparently tossed out the idea of covering the history of their subject accurately, and instead made a movie about how all women in the 1700's wanted to fuck a castrato (and his brother), and how Farinelli's voice was so good, it gave Handel an orgasm and/or a heart attack when he heard him sing to his music.

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  Safe 1995

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Sep 2019 1

  Chilling, hypnotic and frightening in ways that are inescapable. Modern life is killing us from within and without; physically, mentally, socially, emotionally it is eating away at us. If we use our freedom to speak up about it, we are deemed crazy, and if we relinquish our freedom to seek care we become further exploited and victimized. We are sold solutions to our problems that make our problems worse, and if we utilize "self help" then we must bare all…