Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Apollo 11 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2019

  Near perfect recollection of a defining moment of the 20th century. Uses the power of film to the max as everything else fades to the background. Here image and sound are pared down to the bone. Nothing wasted, nothing extraneous. Truly a work of art.

  (Pairs especially well with First Man. Watch that first.)

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  Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 31 May 2018

  Overall, a diverting action flick with a genuinely interesting turn (no, not that one or that one; the last one). The color correction bothered me though and was genuinely distracting throughout. Not sure if that says more about the movie or me.

Popular reviews

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  Nocturnal Animals 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Dec 2016

  The most amazing experience I've had watching a film this year. Not a film that most people will enjoy. Taut, weird, tense and amazingly well executed.

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  Eye in the Sky 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Apr 2016

  A surprisingly human military procedural film wherein the primary tension is created by bureaucracy. Well-paced and well-acted, it keeps you engaged while you ponder the moral situation of the movie. Only a few CGI effects prove distracting in an otherwise taut and well-executed film.

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