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"I respect those who tell the truth, no matter how hard it is..."
Michael Corleone

Favorite films

  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • GoodFellas
  • Pulp Fiction

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  • GoodFellas

    ★★★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★★★

  • In the Land of Saints and Sinners

    ★★★★

  • Romeo and Juliet

    ★★★★

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  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

    ★★★★★

    Sometimes I wish the Letterboxd rating system had a separate Ten Star rating for those ultimate specimens of cinema we revere the most. Maybe I'll start by rating Ken Burn's masterpiece a solid ten stars. Without a doubt, the greatest documentary ever put to film. I run through its entire nine episodes about once a year, and every year I discover something new and enlightening. My first time watching it back in the nineties I wasn't expecting to get past…

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  • GoodFellas

    GoodFellas

    ★★★★★

    Probably my third review of this movie. Arguably the most rewatchable film ever made. It is for me anyway. I watch a lot of true crime shows. Especially those revolving around organized crime, i.e., The Mafia. Tonight it was a show about the Jimmy Burke crew that took down the Luftanza heist. At the time the biggest cash haul in American history. All made possible because of a low level street hood named Henry Hill. An associate of Jimmy Burke…

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★★

    "Certainty." Sometimes it takes the strangest things in life to adequately articulate what you've had trouble giving voice to in your walk as a Christian. Or Jew. Or Buddhist. Pick your faith, brother. For me, though, I've always balked at anyone or any church that professes to know with certainty the mind and will of God. That sort of arrogance is not only off-putting but telling in the extreme. The same can be said of politics, but for once I'll…

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