Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984

  ★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Oh boy. Truly what happened here?

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  Topsy-Turvy 1999

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Finally watched it after having it on my Criterion Channel watchlist for like five years now. It's also my first Mike Leigh film. I enjoyed it, even when I didn't feel fully engaged. I'm sure if I had any greater Gilbert & Sullivan knowledge outside of cartoons or having once attended a regional summer theatre production of Pirates of Penzance, I would find a lot more to enjoy. Still, it was fun to see actors I mostly know from Harry Potter…

Popular reviews

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  The Pee-wee Herman Show 1981

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Oct 2022

  Makes me want to put on a weird show with a bunch of friends

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  Cinema Paradiso 1988

  ★★ Watched 18 May 2021

  Let me say one thing first: I love movies. I think they can be very magical. I have felt magic while watching movies. I did not find magic while watching this one.

  It told me it was magic. I got that Toto felt magic. But I never felt it. I also was told Toto was in love, and the girl loved him too eventually. I never felt the romance. Largely because we never learned anything about her other than she’s pretty.…