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mm has written 217 reviews for films during 2018.

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II 1974

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 6

I fast forwarded through the young Vito scenes this time. The movie is, dare I say, better without them?

As cute as it is to see young versions of everyone, I just don’t care or need to know anything about Vito’s backstory. Yeah, seeing him immigrate to America ties in well with the narrative, but I think that point came across in the present day scenes just fine.

Speaking of the present day narrative, it all finally came together for…

The Godfather

The Godfather 1972

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

This movie gives me everything I need as a film fan. 

The Godfather is a full course, 5-star meal of immaculate filmmaking. Right now I have it as my second favoite movie ever, and it’ll stay there for a very, very long time.

Schindler's List

Schindler's List 1993

★★★★ Liked Watched 5

These people didn’t die so some Ayn Rand reading, r/The_Donald subscribed, Jordan Peterson/Charlie Kirk/Tomi Lahren consuming douchebag named Trevor can put on his nicest polo and try to re-legitimize Nazi’s.


For those who say “picking sides politically is dumb” or whatever, keep in mind that one side has literal Nazi’s on it. It should be a pretty easy call to make.

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight 2008

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

If I have the time and means to see this movie in 70mm IMAX again, how am I supposed to to resist the urge to do so?

Pretty good film IMO.

Grade: 11/10

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight 2008

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 14

Seeing this and 2001 back-to-back was...... something.

This movie still slaps hard. Seeing it in what I assume was a true IMAX format was one hell of an experience.

I'm still amazed at how anyone could say this isn't the best capekino by a country mile.

NOLAN PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NEXT MOVIE SOON I NEED IT VERY MUCH.

Grade: 11/10

GoodFellas

GoodFellas 1990

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

I still prefer the drama and romanticism of The Godfather but Goodfellas is superb and (obviously) one of the best mob movies ever made.

RIP Spider.

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood 2007

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 3

A masterpiece in every sense of the word.

Day-Lewis is the best actor in the world, and it isn’t even that close.

Phantom Thread can’t come soon enough.

Whiplash

Whiplash 2014

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Bumping this up to a 4.5. This just might be the only movie I’m glad Miles Teller was involved with.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018

★★★★ Liked Watched

EDIT: THIS ONLY COST $90 MILLION TO MAKE?!?!?!?!?

Even though this was certified a couple months ago with the video-game, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is yet another piece of evidence that no single property has had a better year than Spider-Man in 2018.

And Spider-Verse just might be the best of them all.

Eye-popping visuals, pitch-perfect comedy, touching dramatic moments, the best Stan Lee cameo, and a fantastic script add up to make this a movie you need to see…

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society 1989

★★★★½ Liked Watched

This has got to be the first time I've ever knocked a star off for a musical score. Man, this had a bad one.

But I loved everything else! The cast, story, setting were all pitch perfect. Robin's the heart of the movie, but the group of kids was the soul of it.

What a touching film.

Heat

Heat 1995

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

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Akira

Akira 1988

★★★★ Liked Rewatched

I guess 2018 is the year of re-evaluating my bad movie opinions. First it was 2001. Now it’s Akira.

This movie is incredible.

Great action, great animation, an ALL TIME GREAT SCORE (!!!!!) and one of the coolest endings ever.

I’m keeping it at a 4 for now, just because I’m still a little murky on some of the finer plot details. I understand the sparknotes version of events, but I’m not quite sure how well they connect.

Grade: 8.5/10

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