Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Dec 2023

  I'm a big fan of the books/movie/game and this show holds the same high level of quality that everything else called "Scott Pilgrim" does. I was worried that it would feel tired seeing the same thing again, but the new take on the story is really well done. If there is a second season I'll be so there, but even just as a standalone 8-episode thing I think it is a fantastic viewing experience!

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  Moss Rose 1947

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Nov 2023

  Peggy Cummings' cockney accent sounded so ridiculous, shocked to learn that she's actually Irish. This is a fun and intriguing little film noir, with a lot of English charm.

Popular reviews

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  Casablanca 1942

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Nov 2023

  One of those movies where I'm just so overwhelmed by the pure kino of it all that I'm in tears for most of the runtime. Everything about this film is peak.

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  The Hateful Eight 2015

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Jun 2020

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

  After rewatching this, I can only conclude that this is one of Tarantino's best films.

  When watching Reservoir Dogs, I personally noted how Tarantino played to his strengths of screenwriting by adding a major plot point surrounding a character reading a script as insurance to his survival undercover. In The Hateful Eight, he plays his screenwriting strength to the nth degree; giving the duplicity of human language a starring role, for the sole reason of confusing us (the audience) and…