Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Quest for Fire 1981

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Quest for Fire is really unlike any other film I’ve ever seen. It follows a small group of cavemen sent out into the world by their tribe to find more fire. They haven’t yet figured out how to create this element, and their last fire was extinguished during an attack by a rival tribe. On their quest, this group encounters many obstacles, ranging from natural hazards and dangerous predators to cannibalistic tribes jealously hoarding their own fire. As you can…

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  The Name of the Rose 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Jan 2025

  My experience with Jean-Jacques Annaud was pretty much limited to Enemy at the Gates and Seven Years in Tibet, which were decent enough, but they never really felt especially memorable. A friend told me that his earlier films were much more interesting though, and that The Name of the Rose was a good place to start. This is the sort of film that directly appeals to my taste in movies. I love historical films, especially those that take a unique…

Popular reviews

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  The Flowers of War 2011

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Nov 2020 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Exposed 2016

  ★ Watched 03 Feb 2017 3

  I bought this film about six months ago because I like Keanu Reeves and I love films about detectives and mysterious murders. Upon returning home, I decided to investigate and find out whether or not this was a decent film. I was expecting it to have average or poor reviews because it's an obscure film and I had never heard of it before seeing it in the store. Now, I wish that it only had average reviews. This film was…