Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island 1998

  ★★★ Rewatched 19 Nov 2020

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

  Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a triumphant examination of a gang of lifelong friends and their sentient, but dim-witted dog’s harrowing journey into a waking nightmare that leaves them questioning the nature of existence and evil itself. The dark, mysterious bayous of Louisiana provide a backdrop that not only poignantly mirrors the shadowy condition of the human soul, but also the muddy obfuscation of morality brought about by desperation.

  The film begins with Mystery Inc being chased through a foreboding…

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  Captain Marvel 2019

  ★★ Watched 20 Jun 2019

  I liked the kitty cat

Popular reviews

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  Inglourious Basterds 2009

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Feb 2014

  There's a reason that Quentin Tarantino is one of my favorite directors of all time. It's that he knows how to have an insane amount of fun while still making an incredible movie. From the fairy tale title card that opens Inglourious Basterds to the gloating final remark from Tarantino (delivered by Brad Pitt), we're sent on a rollercoaster ride full of playfully self-indulgent quirks, loving nods to cinema, and a delightful disregard for history. The film's premise alone is…

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  Mister Lonely 2007

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Apr 2014

  It's always difficult to know where to begin a review of a Harmony Korine film. They're always so layered and beautifully bizarre that it's hard to find a jumping off point. I think Mister Lonely is easily Korine's most accessible film, followed by Spring Breakers, but I also feel that because of this, it's also his least "Korine" film. Don't get me wrong, it's weird, but it's not that kind of aggressive, get in your face weird, that you would…