Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Grave of the Fireflies 1988

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Among the great anti-war movies, utterly devastating and impactful.

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  Orange County 2002

  ★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  A time capsule movie of early 2000 culture, consistently entertaining, brimming with a ton of acting talent, and hiding a healthy amount of societal satire in its broad comedy strokes.

Popular reviews

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  Color Out of Space 2019

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Jan 2020

  Richard Stanley, absent from filmmaking for years on end, rushing into the studio head’s office: “I got it! Nic Cage... and H.P. Lovecraft... and freakin’ alpacas!”

  This was bizarre, darkly comedic fun with some top notch Cage. I’m so happy that he’s been embracing his schlocky genre appeal in the last years with films like Mandy, Mom and Dad and now this little gem.

  Watched tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco.

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  Brooklyn 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Feb 2016

  So endearingly sweet and full of heart. Saoirse Ronan's emotional journey is pitch-perfect and caught me completely off-guard. I'd kinda written off this film as awards bait beforehand and was more than pleasantly surprised. This will be my Sunday afternoon go-to movie with a cup of coffee and a piece of cake.

  Also, completed my 2015 Domhnall Gleeson quartet, yes!