Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Temple Grandin 2010

  ★★★ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  The flashback structure is muddled and undercuts the impact of some of its early emotional moments. Claire Danes is really good and I've never been knocked out by her. Not enough Ormond, Strathairn, or O'Hara.

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  Juror #2 2024

  ★★½ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  Mostly boring and on the nose. Looked awful in parts and, I mean no disrespect, but I don't find Nicholas Hoult compelling. This is coming from someone who usually delightfully devours any courtroom drama I can get.

Popular reviews

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  Dune 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct 2021

  A film crushingly dense and dour, with an impossibly large stage to set, Dune is not the swashbuckling type of romp we've been cradled into expecting from the blockbusters of the last dozen years. It is however, markedly a Denis Villeneuve film. The intrigue is powerful enough and the spectacle impressive enough to enthrall anyone willing to commit. The film is exceptional and met my ridiculous expectations. I can't imagine anyone walking away from the film and not loving Jason…

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  Monsieur Spade 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2024

  It's exactly what it should be. A great adaptation of the character Hammett created put into a sleepy European town mystery. Owen is an excellent Spade and delivers Franks frank dialogue with the confidence and mistrust it requires. I just wish he had let some gray into his hair instead of going full dye job. He's aging Spade, it's okay to look older. Like many of these stories, fighting to solve it and stay ahead of the story is merely…