Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  Mr. Deeds 2002

  ★★ Watched 10 Sep 2020

  I guessed the entire plot of the film based on the cover alone. Comedy success rate of about 30%.

  Standard Sandler.

• 

  Reign Over Me 2007

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Sep 2020

  Glad I didn’t read the description. Interesting and spontaneous. And depressing. Cool

Popular reviews

• 

  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ★ Watched 19 Dec 2019

  Without exaggeration, the worst Star Wars film I've seen (all except Solo), including the Holiday Special. Incomprehensible. Utter trollop. You will regret investing any time into watching this trilogy and you will hate yourself for ever thinking that this movie could have been okay.

  "Do it!"

  There's some real talent behind this film. All the actors are great. All the filmmakers are great. Except for the writer who gave up on coherence itself.

  J.J. Abrams did not make a good…

• 

  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Feb 2020 1

  Rewatching this I got to appreciate just how great these actors are under Lynch's direction. Blue Velvet is where David Lynch proved his directing chops in a way he never would again because the rest of his stuff is so insanely bonkers (or it's The Straight Story).

  In some ways, this film reminds of early Tarantino, but with a substantive (i.e. more than flashy) plot. That said, it's identifiably Lynchian in its themes and subject matter. And in its Angelo…