Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 19 May 2019

  An extra half star for the sheer cuteness of all the Pokémon

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  My Neighbor Totoro 1988

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Sep 2018

  Absolutely delightful 🙂

Popular reviews

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  Inception 2010

  ★★★ Watched 13 Jan 2014 3

  I enjoyed watching the film this time much more than my previous time. However, I still think the film has many crucial and glaring flaws that are slightly masked by the movie’s very clever central conceit. The plot is full of holes and is often poorly laid out. The backstory seems boring and superfluous. The characters are all very shallow. Much of the dream technology and the uniqueness of the dream worlds are not explored in more detail.

  But the…

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  The Lego Movie 2014

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2014

  The Lego Movie was a lot of fun to watch. Many of the jokes were cheesy, but they always felt appropriate. The story was simple, but very clever. It incorporated jokes, gags, and countless clever references seamlessly into a relatively simple story. Overall I recommend it highly. Easily one of the most fun movies I’ve seen in a while.

  With that fairly standard part of the review done and out of the way, let me dive into something deeper. When…