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  • Interstellar
  • Sicario
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Skyfall

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  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    ★½

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    ★★★½

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    ★★★★★

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    ★★★★★

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
★½ Watched

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a completely soulless film that has zero idea of what actually makes these movies great. It feels like a spit in the face to the legacy of Indiana Jones.

After watching all the films back-to-back over the past few days, the lack of magic in Dial of Destiny really stands out. This is Grade-A modern Disney slop. The over-use of CGI makes the entire film look fake. Every set piece is plagued…

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a film I remembered being much worse than it actually is. Over the years I think I just convinced myself it was bad because that was the general consensus and I went along with it.

Honestly, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really isn’t that bad. In comparison to the original three films, sure — it’s not as good, and maybe this movie shouldn’t exist at all. But I had fun…

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The Wrestler
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

The Wrestler is a brilliant tragedy from Darren Aronofsky. It follows Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), a broken-down, past-his-prime wrestler — or as Randy himself would say, “an old broken-down piece of meat.” I love the heavy themes of regret, knowing when to hang it up, and realizing your best days are behind you. The constant self-sabotage really hits close to home for me. It works so perfectly with wrestling because I’ve seen this story play out with so…

There Will Be Blood
★★★★★ Liked Watched

There Will Be Blood is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. This is one of those movies I put off watching because it had to be the “right moment.” It has such an immaculate reputation that I was honestly afraid to watch it in case it didn’t live up to the hype.

Not only did it live up to the hype — it completely exceeded it. Paul Thomas Anderson single-handedly provides the unadulterated power of cinema. There…