Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Top Gun: Maverick 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 May 2022 51

  Top Gun: Maverick literally took my breath away. From the opening to the end, I was glued to the screen. Tom Cruise’s Maverick is a movie icon, but damn both Glen Powell’s Hangman and Miles Teller’s Rooster made every scene they were in even better. I’m on board for a Glen Powell Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nomination, and Miles Teller winning Best Mustache of 2022.

  Maverick is how you make a fuckin’ sequel. Hell yes!! Maverick is the most pure action…

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  Invincible 2020

  ★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2022 8

  I’m a huge Johnny Strong fan. I am the target audience for Invincible. While Johnny looks cool as hell doing everything he does, I feel the film falls a bit flat. The story felt rushed, almost like they ran out of money and stopped filming. Perhaps there’s a reason this one stayed on the shelf for so long?

  I guess my favorite scenes involve Johnny being Johnny, Johnny fighting Marko Zaror, and watching Zaror eat everything in site. Someone must’ve…

Popular reviews

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2016 89

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  College kid returns to his hometown after his dad is injured in a freak accident. Kid finds severed ear on the ground. Kid plays Scooby-Doo detective. Kid hides in a closet. Kid gets caught in the middle of a crazy kidnapping scheme. Kid falls in love. Kid has final boss battle with loco Dennis Hopper. Just another day in the sleepy town of Lumberton, right?

  Imagine if you could show Blue Velvet to someone unfamiliar with any of the actors.…

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2015 107

  Damien Chezelle's tale of a boy, his drums, and a teacher that speaks ever so loudly, and carries the biggest stick of badass this side of the Academy Awards, in one of the most heart pounding cardiac arrest breathtaking intense movies I've ever seen. The opening beat. The opening shot. The first time J.K. Simmons speaks. Groovy funky jazzy music makes all movies better. RIFIFI is the shit. Carter Burke? I knew Miles Teller was going to be special after…