Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Mar 2025

  Hits different now that I’m older and it’s been 5 or so years since I watched it last.

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  Trap 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  Josh Hartnett having fun!

Popular reviews

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2022 1

  Stuck in an endless cycle wondering how filmmakers keep remaking things with a new spin that just…work.

  The Batman I couldn’t have desired more. Moody. Dark. Dense.

  Matt Reeves’ track record is exceptional. 

  I’m late to watching by everyone’s logs…so I doubt I have anything to add. Tops Nolan? I don’t want to say yes. But right there with it? Maybe…

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  Jurassic World Dominion 2022

  ★★★ Watched 10 Jun 2022

  Each movie is obviously a relatively-familiar “run from dinosaurs” plot, and this one is no exception pandering along and hitting the same beats. But I thought some of the legacy sequel stuff was fun. And the thing that kept me interested was the concept of dinosaurs living among us, albeit the fairly poor execution.

  As Sattler and Grant would say - “you never really get used to it.” Maybe that’s why I can still enjoy these films.

  Also…props to the…