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Favorite films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Whiplash
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

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  • Suicide Kings

    ★★★

  • 21 & Over

    ★★½

  • 21 Grams

    ★★★

  • 21

    ★★★½

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  • 2012

    2012

    ★★★

    Noah's Ark 2009 was wild. . . Not a bad movie but probably about an hour too long. Disaster movies, for me, are typically pretty flat and uninteresting and this one isn't much different. Things explode, stuff breaks, main characters have convenient near death experiences, all to reach an inevitable conclusion where everyone, through introspection decides to do better and appreciate each other more. Also, it's always amazing how much people can get accomplished in 60 seconds before disaster hits.…

  • 200 Cigarettes

    200 Cigarettes

    ★★½

    Multiple storyline movies are not my favorite and this movie did nothing to change my mind. A star studded line up who play individuals in their 20s trying to make the most out of New Years Even in New York City. Another role to prove that Ben Aflec never should have played any role other than someone's best friend and a story which takes a bunch of mediocre viewpoints and combines them into a combined tale of meh.

    Overall it…

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  • Scarface

    Scarface

    ★★

    I checked this out in my journey to watch films that everyone needs to see at least once. At this point I can say I've watched it and I'm glad for that. That's as far as I can go with gladness for this film.

    As something that has influenced a culture I can give credit where credit is due. Tony Montana is presented by Pacino as an influential character that you will always remember but it comes across as more…

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

    ★★★

    Probably one of the more enjoyable Kurbrick films for me. The acting was pretty good for it's time even if many of the scenes were slow and clumsy. The overall story was pretty inspiring and well done but what makes it tough is the length at 3 1/4 hours. Overall it's worth a watch at least once if you've got some time to kill on a rainy afternoon.

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