Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 29 May 2023 2

  Ah, back when special effects were truly special. I’m not a CGI hater, really I’m not, but this movie is a perfect demonstration of why in-camera effects are infinitely more interesting, and they always will be. This is one of the most visually thrilling films I’ve ever seen. If the effects were all CGI, it would still be good, but the tactile nature of these effects are what make it a truly magical movie.

  First time watching the Criterion 4K…

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  Erotic Nightmare 1999

  ★★★½ Watched 28 May 2023

  The aptly titled Erotic Nightmare is a wild Category III (essentially Hong Kong’s version of NC-17) supernatural thriller about a middle-aged businessman (the great and always-game Anthony Wong) who meets a sinister magician who sells him sexy dreams that quickly become nightmares when consequences spill over into real life.

  Weird, crazy, and funny, with a mid-film twist I definitely didn’t see coming. A few things about it left a bad taste in my mouth, but that’s kinda what Category III is supposed to do from what I hear!

Popular reviews

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  Evil Dead 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Apr 2013 28

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I've got way too many feelings (all of them positive) stirring around inside of me having just seen this phenomenally entertaining remake/tribute to write a proper review, so I'm just going to list some of the many things I love about it.

  I love...

  1. ...the fact that it pays significant tribute to both 1981's landmark EVIL DEAD and 1987's absurdly creative EVIL DEAD II, in a number of interesting ways while also containing many great surprises of its own.…

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  The Fly 1986

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Sep 2013 15

  It's been a Cronenberg family kind of day, what can I say?

  How can a movie simultaneously be one of the most viscerally disturbing monster movies ever AND one of the most heartbreaking, tragic love stories of the 1980s? It's a rarity to find a movie that hits so squarely on all intended marks (scares, suspense, gross-out moments, special effects, emotional intensity...), but David Cronenberg's still-stunning remake of THE FLY (oh yeah, it's also one of the greatest remakes of…