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  • Capturing the Friedmans 2003

    ★★★★★ Watched 24 May, 2013 3

    It's nice having your opinion change, isn't it? A film you thought was crap when you saw it a couple of years ago might turn out to be brilliant when you see it again. The ending of a book might make all the trouble getting there seem worth it as everything snaps into place. A great article might make you consider another angle at something you hold to be true, and a good review might make you love something even…

  • Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words 2010

    ★★★★ Watched 22 May, 2013

    I love this guy. He's hilarious, though very random and his songs are streets ahead of his stand-up. But I love it.

    Also, his new show, "Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous", is easily the most hysterical half-hour I've seen in a very, very long time. Check that shit out. Now. Or I'll kill you.

    Nope, not kidding either. GO WATCH IT.

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  • Serenity 2005

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Mar, 2012 5

    A damn near perfect film - fun, entertaining, always moving forward, never stopping to re-fuel. It's a testament to Whedon's brilliant writing, directing, characters and actors that it works nearly just as well stand-alone as it does when viewed after Firefly.

  • Prometheus 2012

    ★★★★½ Watched 31 May, 2012 6

    Ridley Scott is a talented filmmaker, I'm sure we all can agree on that. Sure, he's done some clunkers (Gladiator, Hannibal), but he's directed two of the best and most influential science fiction movies of all time; Alien in 1979 and Blade Runner in 1982.

    Prometheus is a prequel (but don't tell anybody!) to Alien, but it's not a Direct Prequel, meaning that the events in this one DO NOT set the stage for the original film. Both movies share…