Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke 2025

  ★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  I guess my new reality is watching a horrifying documentary about a vlogging family every week in perpetuity.

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  Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 2024

  ★★★ Added

  Tremendous in its ambition and scope and jaw-droppingly beautiful to look at, but it's no doubt an incoherent mess. Sign me up for at least nine more hours of this.

Popular reviews

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  A Kiss Before Christmas 2021

  ★★½ Watched 21 Nov 2021

  This is like the 356th Hallmark movie where Santa plays God for a little while, and the amount of Christmas decorations in the background of every shot was ESPECIALLY egregious even by Hallmark standards, but it was worth it to see Mike and Susan back together again.

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Jun 2023

  This is no doubt missing the Spielberg magic, but that was obviously to be expected going in, and James Mangold gives a valiant effort in bringing his own take to these films. It provides everything you could want in an Indiana Jones movie, and I'd argue the opening sequence and the set piece on the streets of New York during the Apollo 11 parade are as thrilling as anything else in the series. Is the film itself a bit bloated?…