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Favorite films

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Jurassic Park
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Wet Hot American Summer

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  • The Lion King

    ★★★½

  • I Love Boosters

    ★★★★

  • Marty, Life Is Short

    ★★★★

  • Hello, My Name Is Doris

    ★★★

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Major League
★★★★ Liked Watched

This might be the most perfectly cast movie of all time. Every single performance is pitch-perfect. Mind you, this being a sports comedy from 1989, some of those characterizations are not exactly great (particularly the wildly sexist portrayal of the vindictive team owner and Dennis Haysbert’s voodoo-practicing a Cuban- although, aside from the otherness, the voodoo is never really the butt of the jokes, they take way more pointed shots at the Christian guy). Also, Berenger’s relationship Rene Russo’s character…

Thief
★★★★½ Liked Watched

Michael Mann was born a fully-formed, hard-nosed mid-40s filmmaker with an intimate knowledge of heists and dirty cops, right? To have this movie as a debut is incredible. It’s shot insanely well, has a fantastic score, great dialogue, and it’s grimy as hell.