Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Fall of the House of Usher 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Nov 2023

  Dark and gruesome in places. Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work.

  If Succession had been a single season and the family had gotten what they signed up for.

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  The Killer 2023

  ★★★ Watched 15 Nov 2023

  Enjoying it. Until we had a fight scene where I could barely see. Action sequences in the dark take me out of the action. They bore me. They take me out of the movie as I wait for someone to turn in a light, go outside, or the fight to be over so I can see again. 

  Overall, it was a sleek, measured yet forgettable movie.

Popular reviews

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  Uncut Gems 2019

  ½ Watched 30 Dec 2019

  I was skeptical about seeing this movie because it starred Adam Sandler. I took a chance on it because it wasn’t an Adam Sandler Movie. It had high scores on Letterboxd and I had seen a couple of people I follow online mention it was enjoyable.

  I could say something about the plot. But it was unmemorable. Man makes series of extremely poor decisions. Outcome is as expected. I didn’t hate this movie for any of the reasons I was…

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  The Strangers: Prey at Night 2018

  ★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2018

  A series of people making the worst decision they could in every situation. With jump scares.

  Moral of the story: Don't ever leave your phone.