Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★ Added 1

  Just watch Valhalla Rising instead.

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  Summertime 1955

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Apr 2022

  Hepburn is just sublime, the Technicolor is eye-poppingly gorgeous and the vibrant Venetian setting is the perfect venue for romance. Makes for a wonderful companion piece of sorts to Brief Encounter.

Popular reviews

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  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

  ★★★★½ Added

  This is a terrific film from Jim Jarmusch - cool and stylish as you might expect from this filmmaker, with an assured dose of humor. The combination of samurai philosophy, Mafia/gangster film over a hip-hop soundtrack was pulled off surprisingly well. The juxtaposition of the two defunct or fading ways of life, Ghost Dog's adherence to 18th century Japanese samurai code and the aging mobsters who are clearly on the way out, was very interesting. Long-time character actor Henry Silva…

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  American Movie 1999

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2019 2

  How could you not love this documentary? This is a greatly humorous, entertaining, sad-but-ultimately-encouraging love letter to ultra-amateur filmmaking, filled with colorful characters that seem so fully realized and quirky that you start to think, "Is this actually a scripted MOCKumentary?" Mark Borchardt, the Wisconsin wannabe director that is the main subject, is a guy I found really fascinating - very flawed, to be sure, but many likable aspects about him and ultimately someone to root for, the guy just…