Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  Excellent action choreography, and a lot of fantastic imagery. The politics were a bit iffy: I’m not convinced by Dee’s decision to serve the dictator who imprisoned him and murdered political opponents (and allies).

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  I'm Not a Robot 2023

  ★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  1. I strongly disapprove of (children’s?) choir covers of Radiohead songs.
  2. Dutch with random English thrown in is such an unserious language.
  3. I thought the opening was strong (and very relatable), but the ending was predictable and trite.

  Overall, a fun short that would be an average Black Mirror episode.

Popular reviews

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  The King and I 1999

  ★ Watched 14 Aug 2023

  This movie has poor writing, bad animation, and somehow is even more racist than the original musical, but I think it loops back around to laughably ridiculous.

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  Demolition Man 1993

  ★★★ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  A fun cheesy action movie with a surprisingly compelling satire of a fascist dystopia. Sandra Bullock’s straight woman acting was perfect for this movie, as was Wesley Snipes’s totally unhinged performance.

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