Favorite films

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  Empire of the Sun 1987

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Hadn't seen this since watching it on video probably around the time it first came out, and I could only remember it was about baby Christian Bale and something something John Malkovich. I didn't even remember Joey Pants was in there and who can forget Joey Pants. I feel like other people maybe don't see it the same as me, but the interesting thing about Jim in this movie is that as grim as things get for him, he's really…

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  Lincoln 2012

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  This thing gets better every time I watch it.

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  Lemmy 2010

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Apr 2016

  I love Lemmy. If you love Lemmy, you will love this movie. If you do not love Lemmy watch this movie and you will. I liked this so much I'm almost not even mad they let Lars Ulrich talk in it a little.

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  The Swimmer 1968

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Feb 2025 2

  The best logline I have for this, which would not have worked very well in 1968, is 'Don Draper in Hell'.

  So you can watch for a rather harrowing portrait of a guy who is really Going Through It, or just to see Burt Lancaster wearing basically nothing but swim trunks the whole time just looking like a golden god. While really Going Through It.

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