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Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • Fight Club
  • Citizen Kane
  • High Fidelity

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  • Fire Maidens of Outer Space

    ½

  • Thunderbolts*

    ★★★½

  • Bounty Tracker

    ★★

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1973

Watched

Even by pretentious minimalist art house short film standards, this one feels phoned in.

Fire Maidens of Outer Space

1956

½ Watched

Despite it being heralded as “SCIENCE-FICTION’S GREATEST THRILL!” in the movie’s tagline, you can assume pretty accurately the quality of the motion picture you’re getting simply by seeing the title “Fire Maidens of Outer Space”. However, if you're counting on laughable 1950s sci-fi cheesiness to make it worth checking out, there’s a good chance of disappointment.

“SCIENCE-FICTION’S GREATEST THRILL!”? Thrill as characters move from one location to another... and then go back to the previous location... again and again... and…

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The Flash

2023

★½ Watched

I had relatively high expectations for The Flash. He’s one of my all-time favorite characters in comics. What I got from the film was wildly distant from those expectations, unfortunately.

Honestly, I don’t want to wade into the cesspool of internet discourse about comic book movies based on DC properties. I have a distaste for the requirement the culture seems to put on us all to have extremely polarized views about these films. I sincerely hope everyone who went to…

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

★★½ Watched

Deadpool & Wolverine is one of the most uneven films I’ve seen in a very long time. I don’t think that will matter for most of its audience. Unfortunately for me, all the conflicting aspects of the film left me with an experience I’m also really conflicted about.

I am a comic book fan who used to pick up issues every Wednesday & I’ve also seen every film in the MCU. On the surface, I should be in the core demographic for…