Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  What a Way to Go! 1964

  ★★½ Watched 19 Nov 2023

  Features both a Niki de Saint Phalle stand-in and a J. Lee Thompson title card over pink satin.

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  Modern Romance 1981

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2023

  Extra half star for dedicating like 20 minutes of this to editing and arguing about two short sequences of a cheapo Star Wars ripoff.

Popular reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★ Rewatched 19 Jul 2023 3

  Review for InRO. An excerpt:

  But, even if one accepts that rote political thrillers usually care less about visual appeal and more about images working in favor of the story, Nolan’s script comes up dry. With no-nonsense editing, Nolan cuts from line to line as quickly as possible in order to match the speed of the actors’ performances. No single character seems to have a fleshed-out personality, so each scene devolves into characters finishing each others’ lines in order to…

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  Vampire's Kiss 1988

  ★★★ Watched 03 Oct 2016 2

  But also 5 stars