Sam Connon

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Favorite films

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  • The Princess Bride
  • The Incredibles
  • The Empire Strikes Back

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  • Dream Scenario

    ★★★★½

  • Fair Play

    ★★

  • Insidious: The Red Door

    ★★

  • Napoleon

    ★★★½

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  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

    ½

    This is just Sound of Freedom with birds.

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★½

    It’s a miracle how good this movie is considering it’s not really a complete story.

    Some of the best animation and superhero action to hit the big screen in a long, long time, with some really strong themes and character moments on top of all that.

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  • Disobedience

    Disobedience

    ★★

    Disobedience was very, very boring.

    Yes, it was paced slowly, but it’s more than that. Everything in the entire movie - from the colors to the costumes to the performances to the dialogue - just seems so muted. It’s extremely dull, and it honestly just seems unartistic. Maybe unartistic is the wrong word...more like uninspired.

    This isn’t really mind kind of movie, but I was at least hoping to get something out of it. I didn’t. It’s not offensively awful, but it’s just so bland.

  • Dog City: The Movie

    Dog City: The Movie

    ★★★½

    Dog City is an enigma.

    Is it genius? Is it an abomination? I honestly have no idea, so instead of a standard review, I’ll just throw out some of the questions I asked myself while I was watching it:

    •Were The Muppets always this dirty?

    •How did they get away with three very clear dick jokes in a kids TV movie?

    •Are these puns clever or awful?

    •Is this the greatest use of fourth wall breaks in cinematic history?

    •Did…