Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Le Samouraï 1967

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  Man, this guy could direct paint drying and I'd be riveted by it. Melville must be one of the best proceduralists in the game.

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  Gladiator 2000

  ★★★½ Rewatched 10 Mar 2025

  Probably 5th or so viewing by now. And generally speaking, I've liked it less and less each time -- until now.

  Turns out I just wasn't watching it on a big enough screen.

Popular reviews

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  Freddy vs. Jason 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 May 2020 4

  This will be my first and last review on this website:

  I've seen this film twice now, and am still completely unable to remember a single plot point or scene. If you put a gun to my head I wouldn't be able to tell you anything about any of the characters or give you any coherent explanation of how the story is presented. I can recall only brief moments, vaguely strung together in a non-contextual, haphazard sort of way. The…

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 02 Mar 2025

  Fourth viewing, and I've decided that's how many it takes to fully comprehend the link between every one of the god-knows-how-many sub-plots and side-arcs that Mann somehow crammed into this. This movie is pure density.