Favorite films

  • The Crazy Family
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Solaris
  • Red Desert

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  • As Above, So Below

    ★★★

  • Body Bags

    ★★★½

  • The Girl Who Knew Too Much

    ★★★

  • Beyond Re-Animator

    ★★★

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  • This Place Rules

    This Place Rules

    ★★★

    It's... ok. Andrew's strength has always been in finding interesting people and getting them to talk about themselves. It's where he inserts himself, not what he has to say. That usually leads to learning about really oddball individuals, but it even works politically when he, say, got on the ground during the BLM riots to hear from the people. That provided a voice to those without another outlet for it. On the other hand, we really don't need to hear…

  • Whiskey Mountain

    Whiskey Mountain

    ★★★

    Unfortunately likely no more Hooptober reviews -- both hands are having some problems. I can't seem to stop with the injuries and illnesses. Be back sometime maybe :\

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  • Zardoz

    Zardoz

    ★★★★★

    Zardoz is one of the greatest films ever, and it has a 3.0 on this site. Even some of the praise it receives seems tinged with a hint of irony. Well, you'll find nothing but sincerity here. None of your big budget sci-fi epics could ever feel half as alien as a single minute of Zardoz. Generally, people have a narrow view of what "good movies" look like, and this style of straight faced absurdity doesn't match. You don't have…

  • The Searchers

    The Searchers

    ★★½

    Fun movie fact: John Wayne was such a dedicated method actor that he devoted his entire life to being a terrible racist so he could accurately portray one in movies like this! Wow! He cared so much about his art that only death itself could make him stop advocating for white supremacy!

    Snark aside, I'll be honest -- this rating is fairly arbitrary. In many senses, I don't think this is a bad movie. It's paced well, fairly entertaining, and…