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  • The Great Gatsby 2013

    ★★ Watched 11 May, 2013

    This film is gorgeous....the costumes, the sets, the cars, the people. It looks amazing, as all Baz Luhrmann movies do. Even the 3D, which is mostly superfluous and not necessary for the film, looks great in the few scenes in which the audience can really see it. Unfortunately, the movie can't live up to the amazing visuals.

    Tobey Maguire continues his streak of being horribly miscast, as he sleepily trudges his way through the film. Not only is he much…

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers 1994

    ★★★½ Rewatched 10 May, 2013

    I love all of the MST3K movies, but this is not their best effort. I can't point to a specific problem, except that the jokes just have a higher miss percentage than normal. Still, even a less amusing than normal MST3K provides lots of laughs!

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  • Dogma 1999

    ★★★★ Rewatched 09 Oct, 2012 2

    This is my favorite Kevin Smith movie, although it suffers from many of the same problems as all his films. Yes, it is drowning in profanity. Yes, there are way too many gay jokes and too much bathroom humor. Yes, many of the performances aren't good (and sometimes from good actors, leading me to think that a better director could have gotten better performances). And yes, the shots and camera placement isn't very inspired. But this movie works on its…

  • Galaxy Quest 1999

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Oct, 2012 6

    This movie is one of my favorites so a warning should be given. Gushing is going to begin....now!

    This movie has a brilliant cast. I'm not going to name all of them, but they're all fantastic. I will mention that this is the movie that brought both Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell and Justin Long to my attention. I also want to say that we all know Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver are great actors, but this movie reminds me of…