Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 May 2023

  Steven Spielberg's best film, and a contender for one of the best films of all time. A masterwork of filmmaking from one of the great directors.

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  Nimona 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Jul 2023

  I loved the comic and this is a worthy (if very loose) adaptation. It's fun and heartfelt and ultimately about something very important--namely accepting rather than demonizing people who don't fit the usual labels.

Popular reviews

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  The Menu 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Jan 2023 1

  There's a rack focus of a flat newspaper clipping that made me laugh out loud. What is that about? But seriously, this was delightful from start to finish.

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Jul 2023

  Watchable, fun, albeit a little overlong (too many chase scenes and too much of them). A few eye-popping twists that I really enjoyed. It felt like the screenplay engaged with Indiana Jones's history in some interesting ways. I read an article that complained about the de-aged scenes early in the movie, and I'm sorry, but I just can't see it--I thought this was the best de-aging I've ever seen in a movie. It was great to see younger and older…