Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025

  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is an excellent ending to my favorite film series, and a perfect wrap-up to the Indiana Jones character. This older Indy is a man out of time, a man who has devoted his entire life to the study of ancient history yet now finds himself left in the past as the world around him is heading into the future, obsessed with advancement. It’s one of the handful of modern “legacy sequels” that, in my…

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  Jesus Revolution 2023

  ★★★½ Rewatched 22 Feb 2025

  I liked this a lot more on this viewing than I did a couple years ago! Any nitpicks I had or still have were much more minor on this viewing than they were the first time. Certainly well-made from a technical perspective, and an unbelievable step up for “Christian films.”

  It’s actually a rather fascinating and nuanced portrait of American Protestant Christianity, and the dangers of extremism on both the more staunch and more radical sides. In the long-time “contributing”…

Popular reviews

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  Turning Red 2022

  ½ Watched 15 Mar 2022

  Remember when Pixar used to churn out one masterpiece after another? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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  VeggieTales: Madame Blueberry 1998

  ★★★ Rewatched 31 Mar 2022

  🎶 “A thankful heart is a happy heart…” 🎶

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