Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Rebel Ridge 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Sep 2024

  Aka Non-Lethal Weapon.  

  Saulnier along with Ti West, S. Craig Zahler, and Jim Mickle are filmmakers who are doing amazing modern genre work.  

  Reminds me of early era Walter Hill. There’s a leanness and meanness to the movie that is just refreshing.

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  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024

  ★½ Watched 24 Sep 2024

  There isn’t much to like here besides some very good practical effects and an outstanding Mario Bava / 60s Italian horror sequence.  

  The first Beetlejuice was a story that was very much about the Maitlands.  And once you remove them from the narrative of the sequel, you realize how little you care about the Deetz family

Popular reviews

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  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024

  ★★★ Watched 28 May 2024

  A movie that I liked, but wanted to love.  But that could be my fault for bringing in my unrealistic expectations after Fury Road.  

  Still couldn’t find a real reason why George Miller needed to tell this story.  He answers questions from Fury Road that I didn't need to be answered.  

  Having said that though, I still think that Miller is best living director of action sequences.  

  Saw it again and the second viewing was much better. In a decade, I could easily see this being reevaluated as a misinterpreted classic.  See you in 2034.

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  The Lost Boys 1987

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Aug 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.