Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Unforgiven 1992

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven names death as the equalizer of all people. Other filmmakers of Eastwood’s period such as Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma have pleaded forgiveness while afflicting carnage, yet unlike those in the films who move on or can’t survive, Eastwood’s character remains and seems haunted by Bosch like visions filled with worms squirming in flesh, snake eyed figures, and angels. Now Eastwood (as far as I’m aware) has never killed anyone, but for countless young men, Eastwood…

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  The Room 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Mar 2025

  Watched this in a theater with Greg Sestero there in person.

  Got a copy of The Room signed by Greg and learned that Tommy and Greg watched The Substance together.

  Tommy fell asleep though

Popular reviews

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★ Added

  Tarantino's latest feature combines an Altmanesque cast, 60s television homages, Godardian editing, and the Manson Family to create Tarantino's most mature film since Jackie Brown. Nevertheless, I feel like Tarantino is attempting to juggle too much and I was more compelled by the Manson family. If the film had been solely about the Manson clan, then I think Tarantino could've reached the depth of Taxi Driver.

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★ Watched 27 Sep 2024

  By self financing and distributing Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola has taken Emersonian self reliance to a preposterous new level in American mainstream filmmaking. As a disciple of Ralph Waldo Emerson, I find Coppola's Megalopolis to be the most frustrating cinematic experience I've had in recent memory. Had I been aware of the contents within and given the option whether to watch, I would quote Bartleby the Scrivener, "I would prefer not to". Coppola may be enumerating Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plato,…

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