Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  Pretty good! I’ve been meaning to watch this for ten years and finally got around to it and the general consensus that it was stylish and better than its box office result were both correct.
  Not exactly reinventing the wheel with the plot here but good set pieces, some fun directing choices and a very good cast. Kind of bummed we won’t get a sequel but hey it’s still good on its own.

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  Alyssa Learns to Drive 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Dec 2024

  After the cancellation of the “Three Busy Debras” TV show I was saving this short as a little treat for myself in the future. Well the future is now and it was quite literally a little treat.

  Wish it were longer but it moves quick and delivers the laughs. Basically if you like “Three Busy Debras” you should like this and if you don’t you won’t.

  And this is Alyssa Stonoha’s only film credit?! Please change this, Hollywood casting directors of Letterboxd.

Popular reviews

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  Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 2006

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Jun 2013 3

  Like a lot of the recent reviews, I saw this at a rare 35mm screening at the International House in Philly. It's Tarantino's personal print which has previously only been screened at Cannes in 2004 and for about two weeks at LA's New Beverly theater in 2011. Somehow the fine folks at Exhumed Films managed to convince Tarantino to lend them his copy for 3 showings.

  Several of the additions here are already available on the Japanese version of Vol…

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  The Color of Friendship 2000

  ★★★★ Rewatched 08 Jul 2013 2

  I realize this is a made-for-TV Disney Channel teen drama. And yes, I did see this as a kid and probably have lingering affection from then. Yet I was really pleasantly surprised at how well it handles tough subjects like apartheid, racism, and systemic injustice.

  The two leads do the normal teen drama overacting, but the writing is good enough for me to forgive most of it.

  Probably the only g-rated Disney movie which includes multiple uses of the n-word and an 80's fashion montage.