• GoodFellas

    GoodFellas

    ★★★★★

    I would have liked a quick scene of Karen explaining her interior design choices with that second house. Really wild stuff.

  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

    This dips a little when it gets into plot stuff and moves away from bathouse hijinks, but still what a goddamn picture.

  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

    Perfect movies exist.

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

    ★★★★★

    Certainly an offender of the white savior trope, but I just can’t help but be consumed by its power.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    ★★★★½

    Took my time with this one to give it a chance to really stick the emotional landing.

    It did!

    You bow to no one.

    Good stuff. Can’t even imagine the kind of sobbing that happened in the theater back in ‘03.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    ★★★★½

    Extended Edition

    The sexual undertones between Frodo and Sam graduate to overtones in this one.

    Such an incredible opening sequence, though the big G's return doesn't make much sense tbh. I tried reading a wiki page to try and understand the subject, but alas, I am too dumb.

    Helm's Deep stressed me out as well. And I loved Gollum's little fish song! How they could make me care about that little ghoul is a feat in and of itself.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    ★★★★½

    Extended Edition

    I decided to address my disconnect with The Lord of the Rings once and for all by watching the definitive versions of the story in the only way my smooth brain can process: by watching it like a miniseries.

    Over the course of the week, I watched this in 1:15ish increments, and I can confirm that helped me understand what was going on and who everyone was.

    My memories of the theatrical cut are hazy to say the…

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    ★★★★½

    Hey Harry! Order of the Phoenix! I liked it!

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    ★★★★½

    This is both the best and most satisfying movie franchise, to suggest otherwise is blasphemy IMO.

    Always thought this was a cool Voldemort design! Kinda wish they kept it!

  • Se7en

    Se7en

    ★★★★½

    I’m just glad that David Fincher is making movies again.

  • Thief

    Thief

    ★★★★½

    This movie is so damn cool. James Caan is a thief, he wears a lot of leather and goes on a revenge spree at the end.

    What more do you want?

  • All the President's Men

    All the President's Men

    ★★★★½

    Jason Robards probably gives one of my 20 or so favorite performances of all time in this. He plays Ben Bradlee as the cool, measured statesman of journalism we all know him to be. Love it.

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