Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Interstellar 2014

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 May 2023

  Viewed on the shittiest little washed-out tv screen on a charter bus coming back home from a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, with 40 8th graders. 

  Brief Discussions from the Youths Nearest Me: 

  1
  Me: What’d you think 
  Student Who I Thought For Sure Would Dig It: (awkward smile) (shrugs)

  B
  A Student Dude: W movie. 
  Me: What’s the W stand for?
  A Student Dude: It was good. 

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  Me (on the bus microphone): This is the best movie of the last decade. It’s unreal. 

  Five Stars.

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  Top Gun: Maverick 2022

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 May 2023

  I’m not sure we actually deserve movies this entertaining…and well-made.

Popular reviews

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  mother! 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Sep 2017 8

  Or 1 star. At one point or another this movie is every star.

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  Annihilation 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2018 1

  You know what? I could’ve done without the alligator. But I rather love the ending.

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