Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  K-19: The Widowmaker 2002

  ★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Involving, handsomely produced Cold War submarine drama from the Soviet POV, inspired by true events.  Bigelow is a fine director, but her film plods far too often, and falls to familiar Hollywood tropes.  Ford and Neeson are serviceable. I’m not sure the film’s big budget included dialect coaches.

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  The Accountant 2016

  ★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025 2

  More entertaining and less cold blooded than I recalled.  Every scene and plot thread weaves nicely.  I even believed Affleck’s atypical performance.   Good supporting cast.

Popular reviews

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  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ★★½ Watched 20 Dec 2019 1

  Oddly restless and rushed from the opening seconds.  The episodic structure this time was mostly unimpressive.  Unsatisfactory character arcs and resolution.  Often ridiculous.  Some good battle scenes.

  Y’all owe Mr. Johnson an apology.  I hope he’s laughing at you, right now.

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  Blade Runner 2049 2017

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Apr 2019 2

  Does anyone under the age of 40-45 care about BLADE RUNNER? I'd like to think so, but there aren't enough of them. Some of the reviews I've read, from otherwise very insightful and intelligent critics, call 2049 "dull", "plodding", "confusing". Really inconceivable, to me. Again, it's history repeating itself. Folks don't want to think, to work for answers. To see connections. To consider what is beyond the visuals, which again are simply astounding. They may well outdo the original film.…