Favorite films

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  Die Hard 1988

  ★★★★★ Added

  Die Hard is the gold standard to which all other action films will forever be compared. A perfect film in virtually every aspect, from John McTiernan's direction, to Jan DeBont's cinematography, to Michael Kamen's score, to every actor's performance across the board: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald Veljohnson, ...and especially Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.

  This film was the turning point in modern action films - the moment when they moved from the unstoppable one-man army of Rambo,…

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  Scream 1996

  ★★★★★ Added 9

  While the horror genre thrived in the 80's with the Freddy/Jason-type unstoppable killer movies, the whole genre was pretty much dying in the 90's. Scream came along in 1996 and not only reinvigorated the genre, but completely reinvented it. Wildly popular (and deservedly so) at the time, its reputation has since been tarnished as it often gets lumped in with the countless wanna-bes and knock-offs that followed, including its own relatively inferior sequels. But this was a great horror flick…

Recent reviews

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  No One Will Save You 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Sep 2023

  In an already strong year for horror, this film, quietly dropped on Hulu with zero fanfare or promotion, is a serious frontrunner for the best horror film of year... for 95% of it. The ending is a bit of a head-scratcher for me, bringing down my rating just slightly. I've read the director's comments on what's supposed to have happened and all, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

  But the majority of the film, I loved.…

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  Unpregnant 2020

  ★★★ Watched 18 Sep 2023

  Started off well, but the tone took a turn toward the goofy in the second half and dragged my rating down a bit.

Popular reviews

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  Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond 2017

  ★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2017

  There's a part of this film where Carrey talks about how Universal decided at that time they didn't want to allow any of this behind-the-scenes material to surface "so that people wouldn't think I was an asshole."

  Well, almost 20 years later it finally surfaced, and Universal was right.

  This documentary just made me see Carrey as a completely obnoxious person to work with. He already seemed liked someone who would be a bit much to tolerate, but his behavior…

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  Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Nov 2021 2

  Full review later, but I REALLY liked this, and hope this is just the beginning of more to come.

  I think some people may not like so much familiar territory (a la Force Awakens/New Hope), but I didn't mind it at all.

  (and yes, there are mid- and post-credit scenes you should stick around for)

  p.s. - According to Letterboxd, this is film #6000 for me