Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  No One Lives 2012

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Sep 2023

  This was way better than expected, but I shouldn’t have been surprised. Ryuhei Kitamura has shown what he can do with low budgets and limited spaces. He creates good suspense and isn’t shy with the gore. It helps that he had Luke Evans in the lead role. Evans oozes menace and sex in this.

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  Bad Teacher 2011

  ★★★ Rewatched 20 Sep 2023

  On second watch, it’s about the same as first watch. Although my appreciation of Phyllis Smith and Lucy Punch has grown considerably. The first time around, it was a C + movie. That grade remains the same.

Popular reviews

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  The Wizard of Oz 1939

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 26 Nov 2020 5

  ❤️❤️
  Rewatching this for the 30th time and feeling like the youngster who saw it for the 1st time. Isn’t that what a classic is?

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  Nomadland 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Feb 2021

  ❤️❤️
  This had me right from the beginning.

  Beautifully photographed using great locations. The performances whether they were real actors or not seemed perfect to me. The music was so intricate to it. At times I wondered if I should mute it and then I realized how emotional it was to it. 

  See you down the road, Swankie!!