Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  This movie was a SLOG of a start, but once the henchman came along it was hilarious and started to be really compelling. I’m all for absurd comedy. Good for Mikey Madison not being set on fire in this one 😬.

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  Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even 1991

  ★★★ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  For the longest time, I only knew this movie as StepKids cause of the early teaser trailer that played before TMNT: Secret of The Ooze. It’s a fun little coming of age story with fourth wall breaks. The family is crazy dysfunctional. The mom and step dad I despise for most of the movie. Laura is a fun main character who feels like an outcast in her family. They did a pretty good job juggling all the family members and giving them moments.

Popular reviews

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  Godzilla Minus One 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Dec 2023

  This is more than a Kaiju film, it’s a story of Survivor’s guilt and living again. Godzilla may have had minimal screen time, but he was a force. Probably more destructive and vile than any other incarnation previously, including the original. The Post WWII Japan works so well and serves the story, harkening back why Godzilla was created to begin with. While showing a sense of national pride, it doesn’t glamorize war and shows how everyone from families to the…

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  Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen 2010

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Dec 2023

  I loved the 1920s aesthetic for this film. The story is fairly bare, but we’re here to see Donnie Yen do what Donnie Yen things, giving any and everybody those hands. As Chen Zhen (originally played by Bruce Lee followed by Jet Li) and the fight choreographer, it’s fast pace incorporating Wing Chun with MMA that Donnie Yen has been known to implement in other projects he’s spearheaded fight choreography. There’s several homages to Bruce Lee. The Masked Warrior’s outfit is what Kato wore fighting with The Green Hornet. You’ll have fun with this one.