Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Red Eye 2005

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Sep 2023 1

  People who rate this high are hot and good at sex.

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  The 'Burbs 1989

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Sep 2023

  "There go the goddamn brownies!"

  Honestly, one of the most consistently laugh-out-loud comedies I've seen in quite some time, probably since 2018's "Game Night." The key here is that the cast is 100% dedicated to Dana Olsen's gloriously whacky script. Every single character is perfectly insane in the best ways. Actor/director Jim Cummings cites Rick Ducommun's Art as the single best comedic performance of all time, and I gotta tell ya... I completely agree. Ducommun is a goddamn ELECTRIC -…

Popular reviews

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  Hellraiser 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Oct 2022 1

  Beyond Fest screening at the Aero Theater

  I had a panic attack about 45 minutes in because I was NOT enjoying the film up until that point. I thought the dialogue was rather weak, the acting not that much better, and the pacing particularly sluggish. It felt like it kept starting and stopping, almost as if the film was afraid to truly commit. This, combined with the glaring flaws in the writing and acting, prevented me from fully engaging.

  But…

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  Dune 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Oct 2021 1

  Bagpipes are an important instrument of Scottish culture. Bagpipes are also the instrument of House Atreides. House Atreides... is FUCKIN' SCOTTISH!

  This is pretty much a perfect adaptation of the book in that it's painfully loyal to Frank Herbert's original text (which is more focused on quieter elements like philosophy and ecology than boisterous sci-fi action) while also being an astounding achievement in spectacle and scope with a sound design that literally rattles your bones until you're concussed. It's a…