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Watched on Sunday June 8, 2025.

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Obsessed with Woo's mise-en-scène. Negative space filled with doves, explosions, rubble, and kicks. The perfect movie is locked behind the unbridled version, but this is still leaps and bounds better than most others' entire filmographies.

Peak philosopher jock anthem. Reaching towards the limit and going beyond, for better and worse. Bodhi becomes ensnared by his righteous ideals as he searches for more, but in the process he frees Johnny. In a way, a tragedy.

You can't go back.

Sometimes when it's late at night, some high concept cheese with Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer, Christopher Walken as Gabriel, and Elias Koteas as a detective who has lost his faith is just enough. Glad to see Virginia Madsen too, always loved her in Candyman and wished I'd see more of her.

A palpably miserable atmosphere punctuated by some great gags. Pretty much everything I expected and nothing more. Solid time at the movies.

"Some of the best nights of my life were being had in parking lots."

Taps into the absurd euphoria of every late night you've had with your pals. As depressing as it is hilarious. Kind of generational!

Michael Bay photographer

Another one for the books, a much needed panacea to the current horror scene. It almost feels like a direct reaction with the literal "generational trauma" angle. It piles on the deaths and cheeky nods, and not for a second does it pull the punches. You will know 10 minutes in that we are all meat and no one is off limits.

This series has been dormant for over a decade now and I was afraid it might be kaput. Then this releases to little fare, not even having an official poster til like a month ago, and co-directed by a guy who made one of the worst movies I've ever seen (Leprechaun 7) and so I had very little hope, but boy did they knock it out of the park. The most exciting horror film in years and incredibly worthy of the mantle set by its predecessors (not you FD4).

I miss the practicals that were deployed in the series before, but I do appreciate the fully onscreen digital carnage this outputs at alarming rates. Goopy as hell, buckets of blood. Beautiful! Another splaying of all our eternal death anxieties. Bring them back, one each year.

The Tony Todd farewell was genuinely affecting. He will be missed.

A most inelegant knot. How else should it be? Glad to be returning to this franchise here in a few days. We're more desperate than ever for some unrestricted carnage.

"Any day now."

These often end abruptly, but this one takes it to a new level. Giving us in text what happens only moments after the final shot. My least favorite of Lau Kar-leung's thus far but it's still better than most movies.

Nowhere near Lau's later films, very clearly a film where he's cutting his teeth in the director's chair. The fights are of course kinetic and raw as usual, but the impact and choreography haven't reached their potential yet.

"Revenge is never a straight line. It is a forest."

Aesthetic perfection matched by an almost rhythmic satisfaction in all its gory violence and solitude. It really is Tarantino's finest, like clockwork.

Addendum: I will say I can't recommend the 4K disc from Lionsgate. While the excellent 5.1 track is intact, this has become a visual smear from what I can only assume is excessive DNR. DNR is simply the bane of modern film media. No amount of color pops or HDR is worth this. Keep your standard blurays and if you don't own those, buy them instead.

The dismantling of IP, of class, of the military industrial complex, of mythology...they made my Star Wars political...

Not without its conveniences and clunky side tangents, but luckily spares us contrivance. I was absolutely astounded by this back in 2017 and I'm glad to see it still holds up for the most part. Presentation wise this is miles ahead of the last one. It looks genuinely filmic which is the least we could ask for in our massive-budget space-slop. And wow, they ed to have thrilling setpieces and conflict! Upholding the mantle of Empire is no easy feat and while this stumbles, it doesn't fall.

I'm glad this was well-received by The Fandom, helping to revitalize and propel this series into uncharted territory. Can't wait for the next one!

[DNF]

Crazy to me that I was so inured by the idea of a new Star Wars that I lapped this up like a dog a decade ago. Exists solely for fan recognition. No soul, all gloss. The beginning of the end of IP, the blueprint.

[4K83]

I kind of appreciate the final of the original three going goofy adventure mode, but it also lowers the stakes and lessens the impact of any emotional peak. Solidly crafted, but could've been an all-timer if it were able to deliver on the promises made by Empire. I really like the Jabba first act stuff.

The ideal movie to channel surf to at 1am and it's already 30 minutes in. Beck was the king of shlocky midnight movies. Let him cook again...

[4K80]

Simply one of the most tactile and dazzling ever made. It's been awhile since I've seen this and the pacing is just unreal. Iconic scene after iconic scene, and all so emotionally grounded. Peak!

I love how quaint this one feels now in retrospect. So much to love! The effects, the costumes, this burgeoning world that teases so much happening outside itself so expertly. It's just one of the most lively and brilliant worlds created for the big screen.

The use of color and contrast in this alone makes it worthy of study in a world where every other blockbuster looks like shit.

Solid

Solid dino carnage, in and out in an hour and a half. Love the effects and setpieces. I think about the giant birdcage a lot.

Occasionally mean and nasty, but frequently drab and boring.

I adore Lucas's operatic swing here even as it is betrayed by his thudding writing and Christensen's (and Portman's) middling central performance. There are ideas and themes in here that manage to pierce through despite the inadequacies. It's awesome that there's a big-budget dour space-fantasy blockbuster out there like this. Can't believe it's been 20 years since I saw this in a theater; child-me was completely floored. I owned 3 different General Grievous action figures.

I couldn't help but imagine how Lucas's unmatched digital expressionism would sing in silent form. Let his visuals and Williams's crescendos just guide you through this tragedy.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Finally, some good fucking genre. Sweaty, bloody, sexy, stunning genre.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Tense, visceral, war is hell, etc. Not sure whether I should appreciate the odd line this rides between "valor" and terror. Great sound design though. The juxtaposition between the relief the family experiences and the closing words thanking American units for their service is so insane.

"I heard your movie, it sounded squelchy." -Stephanie

Battlefield of broken hearts. Resplendent photography and all-in performances, the vibrant verdant and the sallow downpours alike just look impeccable.

Austen's words as always fabricating a feminist tableau of quiet anguish. A world where it feels like all you've got are your sisters. I should actually read some of her work, but for now I feel Wright's Pride and Prejudice has a perfect sting of catharsis this is missing even if I generally believe Lee is a better (or at least more interesting) filmmaker. Curious that her work is so often adapted by men, but I at least appreciate the sumptuous sensitivity they bring to the work nonetheless.

The thing I hate the most about myself is that I couldn't stop imagining the 3 hour tone poem that a genuine adaptation of Minecraft would be. The most bizarre movies I've seen in a theater in some time, just totally incomprehensible and insane which I almost ire. A real non-movie kind of movie. 2025 and we got a movie where a minor subplot is Jennifer Coolidge fucking a villager. What a beautiful, hateful world we live in.

Lynch was one of our best because he was such a purely emotional filmmaker. The things we can't make sense of in his films were so obvious to him; he was always honest with himself and thus honest with us. Fire Walk With Me is as unsubtle a film as any other when you are on his wavelength and that's what makes it one of the most heartbreaking and horrifying films ever made.

Certainly more competent than the first, I'll give it that. I'm not particularly charmed by this one either, but it has a couple effective sequences that edge it just over the first. All here for a feel-good anthem about aging and loving, but unfortunately I just don't really like either of these.

Kinda cute. Also lazy, ugly, and a little annoying.

It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV.

But where are those good, old-fashioned values on which we used to rely?

Miyazaki steeping us in the forlorn anguish of Man's hunger and the earth it ravages, then pulling us out of the mire in the light of ethereal wonder. A film I've seen a dozen times, but it's been a long time since I was so fully immersed in it. And my god, Hisaishi's score. Perfection.

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

For all its blemishes in season 2, this is simply timeless. A powerful concoction of cosmic mysticism, intangible noir, and rending small town horror.

Certified Good Movie

Obvious, but just cutting and enjoyable enough. I've been a fan of Bong nearly as long as I've been a fan of movies so maybe I'm letting him slide a little. Not nearly as annoying as d and has a surprising amount of Starship Troopers in its DNA. I liked it.

My god these stunts; the hubris. Beautiful.

God, I hope 6 is better than this shit.

Watched on Thursday February 27, 2025.

I just don't think any other film singularly defines my tastes the way this does.

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. The Beast
3. Drive My Car
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
5. Evil Does Not Exist
6. La Chimera
7. Memoria
8. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
9. Shin Kamen Rider
10. Challengers

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Better Man
• Mickey 17
• The Monkey

1. The Beast
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. La Chimera
5. Challengers
6. Chime
7. Good One
8. Juror #2
9. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
10. Terrifier 3

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Holdovers
2. Shin Kamen Rider
3. Oppenheimer
4. Asteroid City
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Knock at the Cabin
7. Afire
8. May December
9. Shin Ultraman
10. The Killer

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Mad God
3. Memoria
4. TÁR
5. The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Decision to Leave
7. Inu-Oh
8. Crimes of the Future
9. Fire of Love
10. We're All Going to the World's Fair

...plus 36 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Avatar
• Coraline
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• A Day in the Country
• Deep Sea 3D
• Dracula 3D
• Dredd
• Drive Angry

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Thing
• Halloween
• Prince of Darkness
• In the Mouth of Madness
• The Beyond
• Alien
• The Wailing
• Suspiria
• Suspiria
• Hellraiser

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Akira
• Apocalypse Now
• The Thing
• RoboCop
• Pulse
• The Big Lebowski
• Godzilla
• Crash
• The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
• Excalibur

1. Halloween
2. Halloween II
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4. Halloween II
5. Halloween
6. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
7. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
8. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
9. Halloween
10. Halloween Ends

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Crash
2. The Fly
3. Videodrome
4. Crimes of the Future
5. Cosmopolis
6. A Dangerous Method
7. A History of Violence
8. Naked Lunch
9. The Brood
10. Dead Ringers

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

More or less ranked

1. Drive My Car
2. The Green Knight
3. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
4. Titane
5. Pig
6. Malignant
7. The Matrix Resurrections
8. Dune
9. Licorice Pizza
10. The Power of the Dog

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. The Social Network
3. Gone Girl
4. Se7en
5. Zodiac
6. Fight Club
7. The Killer
8. Panic Room
9. The Game
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Alien: Covenant
4. Alien Resurrection
5. Prometheus
6. Alien³
7. Alien: Romulus

1. Signs
2. Knock at the Cabin
3. Unbreakable
4. The Village
5. The Sixth Sense
6. Split
7. Trap
8. Old
9. The Visit
10. The Happening

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Van Helsing
• Dreamcatcher
• Jupiter Ascending
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
• Beowulf
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• The Wicker Man
• Knock Knock
• Moonfall

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Trial
• After Hours
• Naked Lunch

1. Godzilla
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Godzilla
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
6. Godzilla vs. Hedorah
7. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
8. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
9. Mothra vs. Godzilla
10. Godzilla vs. Biollante

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Abyss
• Akira
• Alien
• Aliens
• All Monsters Attack
• Apocalypse Now
• Bad Lieutenant
• Barbarella
• Batman
• Black Rain

...plus 75 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
• Death Race 2000
• Demons
• The Devil Bat
• Double Team
• The Driller Killer
• Face/Off
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• Glen or Glenda
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 3 Ninjas
• The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
• The Abyss
• The Adventures of Kotetsu
• Aliens
• Altered States
• Amadeus
• Amarcord
• American Pie 2

...plus 190 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Heima
• When the Raven Flies
• Angels of the Universe
• Benjamin, the Dove
• Lamb
• Children of Nature
• Remote Control
• Of Horses and Men
• Sweet Track
• Movie Days

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.