Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Gummo 1997

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Harmony Korine’s Gummo is a polarizing, avant-garde portrait of small-town decay, blending raw realism with surreal aesthetics in a fragmented, non-narrative structure. Shot with grainy 35mm, 16mm, and home video footage, the film creates an unsettling, almost dreamlike atmosphere that immerses the viewer in the poverty and dysfunction of Xenia, Ohio. While it offers an unfiltered look at the grotesque and absurd aspects of forgotten American life, it often feels more exploitative than insightful, lingering on scenes of violence, cruelty,…

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  Star Trek: Section 31 2025

  ★ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  I don't like saying these words as I'm a life long Trek fan. It's almost as if no one was there to say "why are we doing this?" Another example of a fun idea just ruined by seemingly no consideration of what the fandom is actually interested in a seeing. This movie is full of completely forgetable characters, horrible pacing, and just no heart to be found anywhere.

Popular reviews

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  Shazam! 2019

  ★★★ Watched 05 Aug 2019

  I think the film was really quite solid until the end. Then it got overly goofy.

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  John Wick 2014

  ★★★ Watched 07 Jun 2019

  Had no clue what this was about but my brother encouraged me to watch it. I liked it. Would love to have seen more background information on the John Wick character and also about the Continental Hotel.