Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Princess and the Frog 2009

  ★★★ Rewatched 19 May 2023

  For a movie about people who get turned into frogs, the part where the people are frogs are the least interesting parts.

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Jun 2023

  An incredible technical achievement that just happens to also have an exceptionally compelling funny exciting story. Enjoy your Oscar in 8 months!

Popular reviews

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  Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

  ★★ Watched 16 Sep 2013 40

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

  Oof, I'm ready for the blow back. Guys, gals, I really did not enjoy "Close Encounters." It was way too long, kind of boring, and the story is nearly nonexistent. What's going on here? Richard Dreyfuss is visited by aliens, goes crazy, and abandons his family to party with outer space little people. This is a timeless family classic?

  There is some stuff I enjoyed, like the scene in Dreyfuss's car when he first is visited by the aliens, the…

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  The Monster Squad 1987

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Sep 2013

  "What the fucking fuck!" That's all I could think while I was watching "Monster Squad" today. How did a movie this awesome, a movie seemingly written for me as a twelve year old, elude me for over 25 years? For fans of "Ghostbusters," "Gremlins," and "The Goonies," this movie combines all three with a script co-written by Shane Black. Plus, the effects were by Stan Winston and are crazy amazing. If I'd have seen this as a kid, I'd have…