Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Flight 2012

  Watched 18 Feb 2025

  Weird movie!

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  The Straight Story 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Jan 2025

  Wise, sincere, brimming with love for humanity, without ever telling me to think those things

Popular reviews

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  Captain America 1990

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Dec 2024

  Saw the secret original Albert Pyun cut.

  We get a depth of character unknown to the Disney MCU — unless Spiderverse counts. It’s a beautiful film about the death of the American Dream — or maybe about hope for its rebirth. It’s nuanced deeper than that, both more critical of and more optimistic for America than I expected. An injustice was done when this got chopped up and rearranged into a wholly different mess of a movie.

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  Scared to Death 1946

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Oct 2022

  It’s strange. Charming, yes, but strange, and at times the plot barely makes sense. I need to watch it a few more times to understand what elements compel me in this cheap crime thriller-comedy-horror. It’s got Bela in color, though not enough Bela. Thankfully, the big goofy dummy character is a nice distraction.

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