Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Wolf of Wall Street 2013

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 26 Nov 2023

  Perfect movie that is also one of the funniest of the last few decades?

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  Air 2023

  ★★½ Watched 25 Nov 2023

  Look, I love seeing the fellas, but my disinterest in basketball prob hurt my enjoyment of this. Just could not muster up interest.

Popular reviews

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  The Killer 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Nov 2023

  Thrilling, funny, tactile story about the illusion of control and how disposable we really are. Fucking incredible. 

  Would make an interesting double feature with Nightcrawler.

  The guy who played Tilda’s waiter was in a play of mine some years ago. He rules.

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  The Last Voyage of the Demeter 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Aug 2023

  It’s a half hour too long and the CGI is pretty bad, but there’s a lot I liked about this: 

  — Prioritizes story over theme
  — Evokes an earlier era in horror/adventure: Orchestral score, straightforward characters, and, perhaps most importantly, PATIENCE
  — Strong cast capable of selling some hokey dialogue
  — Excellent creature design. I know I dinged the CGI, but the practical effects are as good as the digital ones are bad. 
  — Unnerving performance by the actor playing…