Favorite films

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  My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade Is Dead! 2008

  Watched 25 Mar 2025

  Has to be one of the better filmed live performances of my generation. The title track, Teenagers, Disenchanted, and Famous Last Words are especially electric. 

  I still feel like this record is underrated, but maybe I’m just getting ready to start a mid-life crisis or something lame like that.

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  The Rock 1996

  ★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2025

  There is an entire legion of men (and women) slightly above my generation who would willingly die on the hill of “Bayhem” and no matter how truly fucking terrible his movies got, “The Rock” was always going to be a bonafide banger. 

  I’m sorry, but it’s just not there. All the hallmarks of Bay’s filmography are clearly laid out with a foundation (a flawed foundation that only comes through with conviction due to the strength of it’s cast) and that…

Popular reviews

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  Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Oct 2019

  One more day till’ Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
  One more day till’ Halloween 
  Silver Shamrock!!

  So, having only seen bits and pieces of this on television back when I would tune in for the annual AMC Halloween franchise marathon years ago, this was a blind spot. Knew it had a huge cult following, had heard it praised numerous times, and honestly thought this was going to be a situation of overhype or some factor of nostalgia. Nope. This movie is fucking…

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  Brightburn 2019

  ★★ Watched 21 Aug 2019 1

  By the final 15 minutes, I was just about in full-on “fuck this movie” mode. 

  If you’re going to base a film on the premise of “evil Superman”, have some fun with it. If this had a different tone and kept the same horror imagery (the red lights in the barn? Good stuff) and gore, it would have benefited greatly. Instead, it’s played about as straight as possible which makes it come off as dour, mean spirited, and self important. I…

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