Shawn

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I can be persuaded to turn any of my ratings into 5 stars.

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • Godzilla Minus One
  • Juno
  • Possession

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  • Tampopo

    ★★★★★

  • La La Land

    ★★★★½

  • Moonlight

    ★★★★★

  • The Big Lebowski

    ★★★★½

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  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

    ★★★★★

    Great call on my part to get ramen tonight.

  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

    1/112 2025 Watchlist: Criterion Watchlist

    I can't believe that I haven't seen this before. Mostly because everyone I know has seen this already, even Gabby! No shade to Gabby, but c'mon, if there's a movie she has seen and I haven't, it's definitely a blind spot.

    Anyway, this is amazing. I wonder what the production team saw as challenges for adapting a play/teleplay to the silver screen because I think this is one of the best success stories for a…

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  • Terrifier 3

    Terrifier 3

    ★★★½

    I hope I shook my head enough in the theater so that everyone knew I disagreed with what Art was doing.

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    Driving to the movie theater, I became anxious thinking about how high my expectations for this movie had become after seeing the rave reviews. I was so worried I would come out hating it because it would not be what I had pictured in my head.

    In the same IMAX theater where I saw Way of Water, I witnessed a much greater, more epic wondrous and horrifying tale filled with more sand than you can ever imagine.