Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Barbarian 2022

  ★★ Watched 28 May 2023

  Definitely some very creepy moments, but they don't add up to anything that interesting. The characters can also be pretty annoying, making dumb choices as in many horror films.

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  Pixels 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 28 May 2023

  The film's already almost 10 years old and I just now finally got around to watching it...

  Looked great in 3D, very nice conversion! lol at the fake aspect ratio moments for "escaping the screen" effects.

  Story-wise, it's simple, stupid, ridiculous nonsense, and doesn't really pay that much homage to old video games (which I don't think any movie really can, because old arcade games are too abstract by themselves), but if you know all that going in, it's not nearly as bad I was expecting given its terrible reviews. Made me laugh a lot, so was enjoyable for some stupid fun.

Popular reviews

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  A Quiet Place 2018

  ★ Watched 06 Apr 2018

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

  While the suspenseful moments were decent, the film ultimately did not work for me at all.

  Firstly, the premise left a lot of questions. I imagine it was trying to be artsy by leaving out any explanations of where these super-eared monsters came from and how the family copes with simple everyday tasks that make noise, like flushing the toilet or sneezing, but it comes across as the writers just being lazy. Also, where do they get food, electricity, clothes,…

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  Arrival 2016

  ½ Watched 11 Aug 2017

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

  Ugh, I hated this movie. Some very interesting ideas, but it was too slow and ultimately went absolutely nowhere. One thing I don't understand is: Why are they all freaked out when the aliens use the word "weapon"? How the heck did they learn that word if it wasn't used before?

  My biggest reason for loathing this film, however, is its ending. It's one of those stupid saved-by-self-from-the-future deus ex machina endings. Aside from not making any real sense as…