• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    ★★★★

    Seeing an adult 2D animated movie in the theaters is all I dream about.

    EKL #5

  • Twisters

    Twisters

    ★★★½

    I’m glad that Glen Powell and the word rizz came into the cultural zeitgeist at the same time. They needed one to explain the other.

  • The Bikeriders

    The Bikeriders

    ★★★★

    A Scorsese/Steinbeck/Hinton mashup that I never wanted to end. This was terrific.

  • Hit Man

    Hit Man

    ★★★½

    Glen Powell

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★

    In the year 2024 Luca Guadagnino reintroduced the concept of sex to American cinema.

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    The Shawshank Redemption

    ★★★★★

    First time in the theater. The rare actually perfect movie.

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Once Upon a Time in the West

    ★★★★

    Jason Robards as Manuel "Cheyenne" Gutiérrez

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★

    This is worm territory.

  • Argylle

    Argylle

    ★★½

    There was no scorebug on that Lakers-Kings game and it really bugged me.

  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

    ★★★

    This is probably the most I’ve ever liked Phoenix, which makes sense because his and Napoleon’s naturally weird energy perfectly complement each other.

    Not as good as The Last Duel, but Ridley’s still got it!

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    ★★★★

    "Experience the origin of X villain!” has never been an idea that really appeals to me (for the obvious reason that mystery good) or has been truly nailed, so I was ready to not like this.

    I didn't! This was pretty good. The last time I thought about the Snow character (a good but not great cinematic baddie) was the Mockingjay one-two dick punch, so I essentially came into this with a clean slate, so I gotta admit how taken…

  • The Killer

    The Killer

    ★★★★

    Good luck with your wordle.

    What else is there to say? The king has returned.

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