Ethan Anderson Patron

Movies are more than entertainment to me.

“ no man is a failure who has friends.” 

Favorite films

  • Dazed and Confused
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Interstellar
  • Heat

All
  • Ballerina

    ★★★

  • Inception

    ★★★★★

  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    ★★★★

  • Untold: The Fall of Favre

    ★★½

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Incendies

2010

★★★★★ Watched

Watching Incendies is a singular movie experience. I don’t think there has ever been another film like it, certainly not one that I’ve seen. The interwinding storylines are crafted masterfully throughout until the jaw-dropping final moments. I’m putting Incendies in my Top 20 Best Films of All Time; it’s that good and if you haven’t seen it, watching anything else tonight is time that could be better spent. Bravo Denis.

Sing Sing

2023

★★★★½ Watched

I recently received my six year medallion at my local AA meeting. In reflection of the past year, I prepared a statement and said that the primary reason I wake up every day and choose not to use is because when I would use, I was giving up the ability to process the full range of emotions, and that I believe feeling all of your emotions and processing them is at the core of what makes us human. This beautiful…

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Ballerina

2025

★★★ Watched

“Damn she burnt the shit outta them!” 

Inigo Montoya with a flamethrower. As fun as the action choreography was, it’s still not enough juice to make up for the fact it’s essentially a carbon copy of the original with a one-dimensional protagonist and limited if not nonexistent theme.

Untold: The Fall of Favre

2025

★★½ Watched

I did learn some new things about the scandals, but I feel these documentaries are at their best when we get interviews with the actual person, and this one suffers by the lack of Brett Favre’s direct perspective.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

★★★★★ Watched

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

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

2007

★★★½ Watched

Karl Pilkington is the funniest man alive