Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Girl Next Door 2004

  ★★½ Watched 07 Jun 2023

  On one hand, this film stretches on a bit too long and is quite scatterbrained, but on the other hand, it’s a somewhat charming studio comedy that has some decent laughs. The leads aren’t half bad, but it’s Timothy Olyphant who steals the show here. Not as disastrous as I feared it might be, but also not anything to get too excited about either.

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  Paint 2023

  ★★ Watched 07 Jun 2023

  Not nearly as interesting as a film where Owen Wilson plays a Bob Ross-esque painter should be. It feels lazily directed, and the writing is rather bland as well. It feels so hollow and doesn’t have much to offer aside from Wilson’s performance. Definitely a shoulder shrug of a movie.

Popular reviews

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2022 2

  At a time where many moviegoers are feeling a bit of superhero fatigue from all of the comic book based films that have been released over the past several years, I wouldn't put it past someone to approach Matt Reeves's The Batman with a bit of skepticism. In addition to how comic book movies have saturated the market as of late, the most recent portrayal of the Caped Crusader didn't exactly hit with audiences. Ben Affleck's take on Batman has…

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Jun 2023

  When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released in late 2018, it had an almost immediate cultural impact. Audiences and critics alike loved it, and before too much longer, other animated films began to take some cues from Spider-Verse's distinct style. It stands as one of the most groundbreaking films of the 2010s, and will likely continue to inspire other films for the next several years. Its wild success practically guaranteed a sequel, which has been hotly anticipated from the moment…