Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Elf 2003

  ★★★★★ Added

  Disarmingly sweet and funny - full of laughs but free from cynicism.

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  Home Alone 1990

  ★★★★ Added

  It's broad, the premise is ridiculous and it's frequently sentimental but I can't help but watch Home Alone every year and always enjoy it.

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  Die Hard 1988

  ★★★★★ Added

  One of the few perfect movies - a tight script matched by great performances and skillful but not showy direction. A landmark action movie that has become a Christmas tradition.

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  Compliance 2012

  ★½ Added

  Begins by building a believable and genuinely unsettling atmosphere with ordinary people deferring responsibility but ultimately squanders it with a leering camera and unforgivable victim blaming.

  It's a disturbing watch but not for the reasons intended.