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Favorite films

  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • The Company of Wolves
  • New Nightmare
  • Scream

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  • The Art of War

    ★★★★★

  • Marie Antoinette

    ★★★★★

  • Ghosts of Mars

  • Special Forces

    ★★★★★

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  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    ★★★★★

    This idea of "children's media" only serves to further infantilize children instead of calling them to maturity, which is the thing they long for. When children make believe, they do not pretend to be other children, but rather, they pretend to be adults. Similarly, so much of "adult media" in the modern landscape is simply kids' movies for adults instead of adult movies for kids. The average person's idea of "adult" cinema is simply to just fill something with violence,…

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Sniper 3

    Sniper 3

    ★★★★★

    Tom Berenger summons more pathos as Thomas Beckett in this second direct-to-video sequel in a franchise that began 11 years ago than many mainstream Hollywood productions can muster in 20 films. He is allowed to because this is the last interesting installment in the series that is fortunate enough to have existed in a time when movies could be simple, unlike the subsequent films in the franchise. The Sniper series develops a strange and unstable mythology as it goes along,…

  • Quicksand

    Quicksand

    ★★★★★

    A good movie is really just likable and attractive people walking around nice locations and talking, if not something kinetic and maximalist. These two extremes encompass the film spectrum and encapsulate what film is about, which is why my taste is more or less just things made with good intentions that don’t try to manipulate me and either point me in a worthwhile direction or are simply fun and result in accidental kino, such as a movie where a cool…

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  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ½

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  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    ★★★★★

    How Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Puts Life and the Cultural Divide in Perspective

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    A few months ago, I got caught up in a discussion with two other guys at work regarding superhero films. I'm often very vocal about my disdain for most new blockbusters, particularly the Marvel films, and I ventured to say to the two men that Zack Snyder's Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice were better than anything…