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Favorite films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • In Bruges
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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  • The Christophers

    ★★★½

  • Barton Fink

    ★★★★★

  • DRIB

    ★★★★½

  • Benediction

    ★★★

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The Christophers
★★★½ Liked Watched

Pretty much every speech Ian McKellen makes.

Steven Soderbergh (who I only recently realized has made more than 35 films!), is very hit and miss, and I think he both hits and misses with this one. Both McKellen and Coel are amazing, which I am sure is at least partly due to the incredible script, as well as Soderbergh's direction/choices.

About 15 minutes into the film I was stoked, thinking, "Yes, this is going to be a fantastic movie!", and…

Barton Fink
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

The verse from the bible

When I first saw this, which I believe was in the theatre in 1991, I kind of liked it, but also kind of didn't like it because I thought that I didn't "get" it. I think I was trying way too hard to "figure it out" as I was watching it, and missed so much as a result.

First off, somehow I don't think I even realized it was a comedy. I know, on this,…

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Project Hail Mary
★★★★ Liked Watched

I just knew that stupid rock was going to make me fucking cry.

This was a good movie. Not a great one, but good enough to garner 4 stars. There was a time, back in 2024, when I had a big hate on for Ryan Gosling, which was entirely due to the fact that I was forced to watch the trailer for "The Fall Guy" way too many times, and I just found it incredibly annoying, and him incredibly annoying…

The Substance
★★★★ Liked Watched

I liked it, my wife LOVED it

From the opening sequences I was hooked. I'm not sure I can recall a movie in recent memory with such a fantastic first 15 minutes.

The cinematography and art direction was incredible, and the acting was great, with Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid all being at the top of their game. Also the sound design really added to the effect.

The body horror aspects were as disturbing as I'd imagined, especially…