Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Nice Guys 2016

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Self curated LA Noir marathon.
  #8

  This film is just ok but Gosling is amazing. 

  Noir as a genre obviously fits so comfortably with a setting like LA. Noir (like Giallo) is all about finding someone, seeking out someone, whether it’s a murderer or a victim, the films center around the searching of someone, a person, an ideal, an idea. People come from all over the world to LA in search of someone, sometimes themselves, a person, an ideal, an…

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  Devil in a Blue Dress 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Self curated LA Noir marathon.
  #7

  The films:
  Double Indemnity
  To Live and Die in LA
  Sunset Boulevard
  Under the Silver Lake
  LA Confidential
  The Big Sleep
  Devil in a Blue Dress

Popular reviews

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  Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1998

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Nov 2022 4

  When this started I was totally out on it. It has this 90’s feel of a no budget made for TV slasher, but it’s so much better than it has any right to be! If I’m getting this right this makes only Halloween 1&2 canon, and is a direct sequel to 2. Jamie Lee Curtis is so so good in this and is making a meal out of the whole thing. It’s so dumb and ridiculous I want to watch…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025

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