Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Creator 2023

  ★★★ Watched 27 Nov 2023

  My pre-existing anti-robit stance notwithstanding:
  As a movie, this is fine. Stuffed with concepts that are familiar to the point of redundancy if you've read or watched, like, any science fiction. Also seems to be alarmingly okay with the idea of humanity embracing its extinction because we're actually pretty mean, and the robots might be nicer!
  As a visual spectacle, though, oh... it's a stunner. Incredible VFX work and gorgeous location photography, all done on what I understand is less…

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  M3GAN 2022

  Watched 24 Feb 2023

  I know the idea of a farting NeoFutureFurby that you need an iPad to actually play with is supposed to be satire, but let's not kid ourselves -- it'll be on the shelves by Christmas.

Popular reviews

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  Halloween 2018

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 May 2020

  My first "Twitter watch-along" experience. Don't know how I feel about that whole enterprise, but I know how I feel about this movie: it rules. Fun, engaging characters, somewhat uncomfortable explorations of trauma, and a (pun intended) barn burner of a final act that gives me chills every time Judy Greer says, "Gotcha."

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  Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005

  ★★½ Rewatched 16 Dec 2019

  An extra half-star for the goofy faces Palpatine makes during his lightsaber fights.