Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2024

  I believe a man could fly.

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  SpaceCamp 1986

  ★★★ Watched 06 Apr 2022

  Watched with the the youngest today when storms canceled our afternoon plans. What a nostalgia rush! This movie was my childhood dream scenario. Without a doubt! Kids today do not get films like this. 

  A couple random notes after my first complete viewing as an adult. 

  - I don’t know how John Williams was persuaded to score SpaceCamp, but the music is glorious. 
  - We absolutely do not give kids enough credit today nor trust them to grasp context. There…

Recent reviews

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  Crimson Tide 1995

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Do we even know how to make movies like this anymore?

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  The Kid 1921

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  Charming. 

  Watched the original cut thanks to fan preservationists who recreated it using the cut scenes from the Criterion Blu-ray and the old Image DVD (both of which I own). Hopefully the original cut will be properly released in the future. 

  Highly recommend the Criterion disc regardless. It has to be one of the best-looking silent releases I’ve seen.

Popular reviews

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  I Like Movies 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Sep 2022 1

  Terrific. Couldn’t have loved this film more. Instant favorite.

  Also:

  “Jimmy Fallon. Not funny at all. He breaks in every sketch, ruined the Weekend Update…I miss Norm.”

  No truer words have ever been spoken on screen.

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★ Watched 20 Jul 2023

  A visual wonder. I couldn’t dream up a better way to portray this world on screen. Barbieland here is a delightful spectacle and infinitely clever.

  I have to say that if I never see Will Ferrell in another role like this again, it’ll be too soon - and I generally like him but here, he seemed to be playing a slightly more “grown up” version of Buddy the Elf. Huge misfire. He annoyed me every time he was on screen. Ferrell…