Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Wicked 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, it just still didn't work for me. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of actual costumes and sets, I think a lot of the choreography was great, and the central duo were good. But, it was also full of gunky CGI, it felt a little over designed to the point of overstimulation, and the entire idea to split it into two movies just leaves it very plodding. It's not a musical I'm crazy about to begin with, and it was just adapted in the most modern Hollywood way imaginable.

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  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989

  ★★★★ Rewatched 21 Mar 2025

  This has always been my least favorite of the Good Three, but it's still a huge hoot. The buddy comedy vibes with Connery could have easily been a disaster, but Connery is putting in one of his most terrific performances of all time here. It's got great set pieces, there's just something that has always kept me form loving it like the other two, but it's still undeniable.

Popular reviews

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  War for the Planet of the Apes 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Jul 2017

  A damn fine film. Beautifully crafted on every level. It's a movie that gets at the core of not just the human spirit, but the sentient spirit, while examining the devastation that loss can bring. This series got better with each film, and it's been capped off with this terrific final statement.

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  After Hours 1985

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Jan 2016

  Surreal and Fun. A madcap ride through the weird streets of New York after the sun goes down. I really like Scorsese doing comedy, and this one felt a little like him trying to do David Lynch, even though it came out before Blue Velvet, so who knows, maybe Lynch was doing Scorsese.