Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Hardcore 1979

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Sep 2023

  “Jesus is coming and he’s mad as hell.” Paul Schrader’s mission statement

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  Downsizing 2017

  ★★ Watched 16 Sep 2023 2

  Love fuck, hate fuck, sex-only fuck, breakup fuck, makeup fuck, drunk fuck, buddy fuck, pity fuck this movie.

Popular reviews

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  Mad Max: Fury Road 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 May 2015 4

  George Miller is a mad scientist. I admire those of you able to write these long, structured reviews after one viewing of this film, because I walked out of the theater with more feelings than coherent thoughts. So I apologize in advance if this review comes across as rambling. I have mostly flashes of imagery and brief moments playing out in my head (similar to Max's hallucinations), with Junkie XL's exhilarating score playing along with them. I don't think I…

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  Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 12 Sep 2014

  I walked into the cinema with high expectations for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and it exceeded them. It nailed pretty much everything it set out to accomplish. As a comic book movie, it's a ton of fun, with larger than life characters leaping off of the page and into a grounded, but not too grounded, world. As a political thriller, it calls attention to current events, like government monitoring and eliminating perceived threats without due process. I love The…