Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Chungking Express 1994

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Dec 2022

  california dreamin

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 Apr 2022

  Still 10/10 the 2nd time

Popular reviews

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  The Searchers 1956

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2015

  The Searchers is a genre-defying movie of America's most famous genre. All the ingredients are here - the landscape, the hero played by John Wayne, directed by John Ford. The thing that makes the Searcher's stand out is that the "hero" is a more ambiguous term here. Ethan Edwards is not a perfect man, he has flaws, notably his prejudice against Native Americans. This is why we are captivated by his journey to rescue his niece. At the end, we…

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Jan 2015

  Who knew a movie about jazz could be so tense and riveting. The jazz of course is not what carries the movies - the performances do. Miles Teller delivers a great performance as a passionate jazz student who wants to be great. J.K. Simmons has the performance of a lifetime, earning the Academy Award in the process. J.K. Simmons is menacing, threatening, frightening, and even sometimes funny all at once. The story is powerful as well, attacking the new trend…

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