This has been a top priority rewatch for me ever since I first watched it in March of last year. It immediately became one of my favorite films of all time, if not my favorite on that initial viewing. I have no good reason why I never rewatched it, but I finally got myself a Blu-Ray copy to fix that. I must admit, I was a little skeptical at first: It had been so long since I first saw it…
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
I'm gonna be honest ... I didn't want to review this movie. The reason I've gotten so behind on my reviews lately is because I've been procrastinating this one. It's a Wonderful Life is one of the greatest movies ever made, and even though this was my second viewing, the overwhelming amount of joy and happiness I felt by the ending inspired me unlike any movie I've ever seen. How can I describe it? This film inspired me to be…
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Signs 2002
Everyone and their grandmother knows about the ending of Signs being "one of the worst endings in movie history" and whatever (light spoilers in the following paragraph). I don't buy into the supposed plot hole about aliens landing on a planet covered in the only thing that kills them as a legitimate criticism because of how easily explainable it is (watch Chris Stuckmann's video if you're interested), but the problems with the way the scene is set up are still…
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Creed 2015
This review was very hard to write … I don't really know how I feel about this movie, or at least not completely. To point out the things I liked (of which there are many), I have to praise Michael B. Jordan's performance as Adonis Creed, giving a nice bend of character development similar to Rocky while holding true to his own unique personality, showing that this is his story, not a story about Rocky Balboa; likewise, Sylvester Stallone's Oscar-nominated…
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Justice League 2017
Since Shazam 2 is coming out soon, I decided it was time to stop my unplanned DCEU hiatus and catch up on some of their movies. I'm pretty sure everyone knows why this movie failed: Warner Bros fought tooth and nail against Zack Snyder's vision and hired Joss Whedon, a guy with a completely different filmmaking style, to take over after Snyder stepped down late in production due to personal reasons. This movie is terrible even without that knowledge, but…
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Shadow of a Doubt 1943
It's been well documented that this was Hitchcock's personal favorite film that he made. I can partially understand why — it follows a different template than a lot of his other films with complex characters and a unique story — but it's a little strange that this, of all films, was his favorite. I was a little underwhelmed. Most of the film is certainly good, but far from perfect: The character introductions aren't as effective as they should be, the…
