Curtis Evans

Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • The Princess Bride
  • High and Low
  • The Miracle Maker

All
  • The Mad Miss Manton

    ★½

  • Romance on the High Seas

    ★★

  • Ninja Assassin

    ★★½

  • Suspicion

    ★★½

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No Hard Feelings

2023

★★★★★ Liked Watched

I watched this over a two-day period, about half each day.
First day: Raunchy comedy that is refreshingly actually funny; that's a rarity nowadays. Still, only worth four stars.
Second day: How did I become so emotionally invested in these characters?

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

★★★★½ Liked Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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The Miracle Maker

1999

★★★★★ Liked Added

Reasons to watch this film:

-Gorgeous animation, both stop-motion and 2D.
-Plot that's faithful to Gospels while expanding with details that make sense given the historical/cultural context.
-Ethnically accurate character models
-A more meaningful, spiritual, artful Christian movie than those produced by today's sanctimonious, Evangelical companies.

Recommended for Christians, animation fans, and movie lovers.

Governor Gabbi

2017

Watched

Watched this because How Did This Get Made had a free link to watch it for an show, and I'm excited to get in on the ground floor for what could be the next big so-bad-it's-good movie. Directed by James Niebauer and written by his daughter, Gabrielle, who also plays the titular Gabbi (once spelled Gabby in the subtitles in the scene with the German ambassador), this movie serves up scene after scene, moment after moment, of creative choices…