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Watched on Wednesday June 4, 2025.

The first two episodes are a bit dry but other than that this is the best Star Wars project since The Clone Wars season 7

It’s no secret that George Lucas was a fan of anime, probably due to the explosion in it’s popularity in the late eighties and nineties with works like Akira, Cowboy Bebop, and Dragon Ball Z. These works were more action focused and mature than American cartoons at the time. This was a perfect fit for Star Wars, and takes the highly choreographed fits of the prequels to the eleventh degree. In fact the series is so extreme it doesn’t even feel like these are the same characters as the ones in the movies, why wasn’t Mace Windu going full martial arts on the battle droids during episode 2? The show also invents some super cool new characters, my favorite being Ventress, who found her way back into canon, while poor Durge has only made scattered appearances over the years. Grievous is also way cooler here than he is in the movies.

Star Wars Clone Wars has a strong identity and is totally worth the watch, even if the story is kind of thin.

Listened on a road trip. Not super funny but very cool

What if instead of the Thunderbolts* they were the Volt Switches* and instead of saving Bob they switched out of a battle while also getting some chip damage.

Florence Pugh is so beautiful it hurts

“I don’t have to see it Dottie, I’ve lived it”

Fantastic way to kick off the summer

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

I liked Eight Men Out but I can’t help but think that it was a tad bit dishonest. The film tries to paint the White Sox as being underpaid and that being the reason they decided to take the fall. This topic is a bit more complicated than it may seem, the Sox actually paid their players pretty well, though it was certainly pretty top heavy with Eddie Collins being the second highest paid player in the league behind the original goat himself Ty Cobb. The major outlier was poor Eddie Cicotte who was substantially underpaid despite being a great pitcher. Sure it wasn’t Shohei Ohtani 700 million dollars but the White Sox had a higher payroll than the Reds by over ten thousand dollars! 
This film obviously draws parallels to Field of Dreams which released one year later, was a box office hit, and received three Academy Award nominations. Both films are about the Black Sox and have a special focus on the tragic legend of Shoeless Joe Jackson, a fantastic player whose legacy will forever have a black spot. What I like about both portrayals of Joe in these movies is they resist turning him into Forrest Gump, a good natured but slow guy who didn’t know any better. I do prefer Ray Liotta’s performance but that’s a given, it’s Ray Liotta after all.
On a filmmaking level this is rock solid, the sets, costumes, and music instantly jump out at me as some of the film’s highlights. The action scenes on the diamond are super solid as well. John Cusack gives a great performance as Buck Weaver, one of the other tragic players on the Sox.
Overall Eight Men Out is a well made film about one of baseball’s most shameful hours.

I had A Bugs Life on DVD as a kid, but compared to the other Pixar movies such as WallE, Monsters Inc, and Toy Story 2 this one hardly got played. This is sort of Pixar’s sophomore slump, it’s not as funny or technologically interesting as the film that preceded it and not as impressive of technological advancements as future Pixar movies. A Bugs Life is really dull to be honest, its plot is dry, being the millionth Seven Samurai riff, the characters are broadly forgettable, and other than the city the films settings don’t properly convey scale. These are tiny bugs but they never feel small to me. I did like the performances from Kevin Spacey and Richard Kind, those were the only characters that had any sort of memorable presence. The lighting is occasionally very effective especially in the scene where they introduce the grasshoppers. in fact the movie opens on a really strong note, there’s a great sense of urgency and tension that isn’t there for the rest of the movie. The final thing I really enjoyed was the previously mentioned scene in the city, it’s so creative how they repurpose discarded trash from humans into architecture.

Is A Bugs Life great? No. Chicken Run would tell a similar story a few years later and knock this movie out of the park go watch that instead. But the film is far from bad, it has its charm as the ugly duckling of Pixar’s golden years, which it brandishes to lead animation into a new era.

Watched on Tuesday April 22, 2025.

One of those movies where everything just clicks. You have a talented director in Coogler, the star power of Michael B Jordan, and the always wonderful Ludwig Göransson as the composer, the film is a ion project through and through. The film brilliantly transitions from a slick western to a Night of the Living Dead esque horror movie, however it’s not too scary which I appreciated. The drama is solid and the gimmick of having Michael B Jordan play both Smoke and Stack doesn’t feel awkward at all. In fact all the performances, no matter how small, earn every second of screen time, especially Miles Caton who hits it out of the park in his very first movie performance. Hailee Steinfeld is stellar, and Delroy Lindo was a scene stealer. The costumes and sets really put this movie over the edge into greatness, Michael B Jordan is rocking some killer suits and the sets feel very real. Overall Sinners is a must watch blockbuster, make sure you see it in theaters.

What cinema was made for

This review may contain spoilers.

Shocker: The easiest person to please ever liked the stupid movie based on one of his favorite games.
It was awful, particularly the lighting. I don’t think they make a single joke, they just have jack black say something in a funny way and the characters react. Jennifer Coolidge and the villager were funny.
WHY IN THE END OF THE MOVIE DO THEY MAKE A VIDEO GAME AND ITS A 16 BIT BEAT EM UPS AND NOT THE MINECRAFT GAME

Watched on Saturday April 5, 2025.

Why is this guy shorting housing it’s rock solid

Edit: hooollllllyyy shit

Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.

The most gripping movie ever

The thinking man’s baseball movie. Bull Durham sees the sport in all sorts of avenues for all of the audience to resonate with the film. This movie is so smart and sexy it’ll knock your socks off. The scenes that I liked best were the little moments between the team while they were playing, my favorite scene was probably when they were all on the pitchers mound bemoaning their problems to each other. At the core of Bull Durham is three stellar performances from Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Costner. All three pair up for great character moments as Annie and Crash try and tame the crowd wild Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh to become the ball player they know he can be.

The film looks great too, the sets are gorgeous, ranging from Annie’s expertly decorated home to the grungy locker room of the Durham Bulls. It’s not the most outwardly spectacular movie ever, however it’s got some of the best baseball scenes I’ve seen in a movie. 

Overall Bull Durham is a wickedly smart, laugh out loud, sexy, and heartfelt film that not only loves baseball as a game but as a medium of self expression.

There’s a scene in this movie where a young Lou Gehrig gives another kid his Honus Wagner card which is really funny in the modern day because the T206 Honus Wagner is the rarest baseball card of all time. 

This movie is like the opposite of The Wolf of Wall Street where the movie is full of nothing but respect and love for its subject. Gary Cooper was really good as Gehrig throughout all the parts of his life, but he’s especially great in the last scene.

Is it a bit schmaltzy? Yes. Is it not really reflective of the real Babe Ruth? Yes. Does it deify Ruth to Christ like status? Yes.

Does it deserve to be considered one of the worst movies ever? No.

It’s kind of comforting to think that these paint by numbers biopics are not a new occurrence. Any criticism that’s levied at The Babe Ruth Story is also shared with loads of critically acclaimed biopics.

My biggest problem with the film is that the baseball scenes kind of suck. Babe was such a mighty hitter that he basically broke baseball for a while, and I don’t think this film properly conveys that.

Orson was years ahead of his contemporaries. Most directors couldn’t dream to make something this good and it’s not even close to his finest work

My favorite director takes on my favorite Shakespeare play, of course I would be all over this

Watched on Tuesday March 11, 2025.

I’m not even Marty at this point bro I’m Angie

Watched on Wednesday March 5, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 5, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 1, 2025.

I still think Dragon Ball is more suited to a longer series than it is a full length movie; however this is brilliant! I’m a sucker for the Namek saga so this was right up my alley. It’s hard to introduce a new Saiyan as instantly iconic as Goku, Vegeta,and Future Trunks are but Broly is a mighty fine addition to these legendary warriors. Toriyama and co were able to make parallels with Goku’s upbringing, both were raised by their father figures alone in a remote place until a feisty girl enters their lives to go on new adventures. Broly captures Goku’s childhood innocence and fish out of water humor from the original series. But where Goku found love and friendship on Earth, Broly was hardened by his imposing father. It makes the viewer feel that if the roles were reversed and Broly landed on Earth, he could have been like Goku. 
As a fan of the ing cast of Dragon Ball, I was disappointed that they don’t get very much screen time. Dragon Ball has such a colorful and memorable cast of characters and they’re hard to give the all appearances. At least Bulma and Piccolo have semi-substantial roles. This is a film about the Saiyans first and every other plot in the series is background context. The new ing characters are great, Cheelai and Lemo make great analogs for Bulma and Oolong, Goku’s two first companions.
The animation was brilliant! It captures the flow of the fights of DBZ on a whole new level of spectacle. The film has the rotating set of styles of animation, some parts are more traditional 2D while others are in a 2D 3D hybrid style that captures the show really well. I guess that’s the upside of Dragon Ball as a movie. A sequence that stands out to me the most is the chase scene in Broly’s POV was beautifully done. Another scene that I really enjoyed was when Broly is trying to stomp on Goku while he rolls away. The sequence was both well choreographed and reminded me of a move Goku would do in the original manga. This huge action is accompanied by an appropriately over the top score with lyrics chanting the characters names. The viewer gets caught up in the moment and you don’t want the high to end. 
Overall Dragon Ball Super Broly is a short but sweet reunion with Toriyama’s characters, a celebration of the series past and a look towards the future.

A deeply ugly movie.

Great animation, really funny, and a fun story!

Watched on Sunday February 9, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

I was a bit let down to be honest. This is mostly a Mae West movie with WC Fields tacked on for good measure. It’s decently entertaining though

Watched on Thursday January 30, 2025.

Really great but every time Lily Rose Depp said Thomas I was reminded of my childhood GOAT Thomas the Tank Engine. The day they switched to cgi was the first time I feeling real disappointment in my life.

Look us slime freaks don’t have a lot of options when it comes to cinema, so we’ll take what we get.

The special effects are great and have stood the test of time, the theme song is a certified banger, and the lighting choices are weirdly effective.

Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 19, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday January 14, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 13, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 13, 2025.

Feels like an old Hollywood movie compared to the films typically associated with the era

The second half is way better. Pink Elephants is the best sequence in all of Disney and pretty much carries this movie

Watched on Monday January 6, 2025.

Hell yeah

Watched on Friday January 3, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

Great setup but I was let down when the concert ended and there was still an hour left I thought it was gonna be a whole movie in this one place

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Clone Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Solo: A Star Wars Story
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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

1. The Hidden Fortress
2. A Face in the Crowd
3. It's Such a Beautiful Day
4. Bull Durham
5. Citizen Kane
6. Seven Samurai
7. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8. I Am Cuba
9. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
10. Blazing Saddles

...plus 82 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Sinners
• Thunderbolts*
• A Minecraft Movie

1. The Hidden Fortress
2. Rashomon
3. Seven Samurai
4. Yojimbo
5. High and Low
6. Ran
7. Sanjuro
8. Ikiru
9. Throne of Blood
10. Kagemusha

1. Bull Durham
2. Rocky
3. Raging Bull
4. The Iron Claw
5. Field of Dreams
6. The Pride of the Yankees
7. Eight Men Out
8. The Freshman
9. 42
10. The Babe Ruth Story

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All of these are excellent

1. Citizen Kane
2. F for Fake
3. Touch of Evil
4. Macbeth
5. Chimes at Midnight
6. The Lady from Shanghai
7. The Stranger
8. The Trial

1. Akira
2. Superman
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. The Dark Knight
5. Oldboy
6. The Suicide Squad
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8. Dragon Ball Super: Broly
9. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
10. Fritz the Cat

1. The Apprentice
2. Hundreds of Beavers
3. The Electric Indian
4. A Different Man
5. Nosferatu
6. A Real Pain
7. Piece By Piece
8. Fancy Dance
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
10. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Hercules
3. Dumbo
4. The Three Caballeros
5. The Lion King
6. Saludos Amigos

1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
3. A Very Sunny Christmas
4. The Shop Around the Corner
5. Eyes Wide Shut
6. The Holdovers
7. Babes in Toyland
8. Elf
9. Eight Crazy Nights

Films that are set in a future that we have since ed

• Back to the Future Part II
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• 1984
• Blade Runner
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 2010: The Year We Make
• Terminator Salvation
• 2012
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Avengers: Endgame

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

1. The Lego Movie
2. Piece By Piece
3. The Lego Batman Movie
4. The Lego Ninjago Movie
5. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
6. LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

1. Duck Amuck
2. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
3. Rabbit Fire
4. Fast and Furry-ous
5. Rabbit of Seville
6. The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
7. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
8. Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
9. Robin Hood Daffy
10. Daffy's Rhapsody

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Hidden Fortress
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. It's Such a Beautiful Day
5. Godzilla
6. La Dolce Vita
7. Do the Right Thing
8. Inherit the Wind
9. Duck Amuck
10. Taxi Driver

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

• Speedy
• Bottoms
• Uncut Gems
• Ted 2
• Rocky
• Predator
• Happy Gilmore
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. It's Such a Beautiful Day
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Parasite
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
6. FRED: The Movie
7. Moonlight
8. The Wolf of Wall Street
9. Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
10. The Dirties

1. Nirvana the Band the Show
2. The Dirties
3. BlackBerry
4. Operation Avalanche

1. Rushmore
2. Bottle Rocket
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Isle of Dogs
6. The French Dispatch
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox

1. Unbreakable
2. Knock at the Cabin
3. Signs
4. The Last Airbender

1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2. Judgment at Nuremberg
3. Inherit the Wind
4. The Defiant Ones
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1. Nights of Cabiria
2. La Dolce Vita
3. I Vitelloni
4. La Strada
5. 8½
6. Amarcord

• Animal Crackers
• Monkey Business
• Frankenstein
• Me and My Gal
• Horse Feathers
• Sons of the Desert
• Duck Soup
• It Happened One Night
• A Night at the Opera
• Lost Horizon

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Outsiders
• Black Hawk Down
• Dazed and Confused
• Wet Hot American Summer
• Clockwatchers
• Short Term 12
• About Time
• Grizzly II: Revenge

1. Godzilla
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Mothra
5. Mothra vs. Godzilla
6. Godzilla vs. Hedorah
7. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire
8. Godzilla vs. Mothra
9. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
10. Godzilla vs. Kong

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Yojimbo
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Midnight Cowboy
4. High and Low
5. La Dolce Vita
6. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7. A Hard Day's Night
8. Harakiri
9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
10. Inherit the Wind

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. It Happened One Night
4. Lost Horizon
5. Meet John Doe
6. Arsenic and Old Lace

1. Taxi Driver
2. Star Wars
3. A Woman Under the Influence
4. The Conversation
5. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
6. The Godfather
7. Superman
8. The Boy Friend
9. Mikey and Nicky
10. F for Fake

1. The Roaring Twenties
2. White Heat
3. Me and My Gal
4. High Sierra
5. The Regeneration

1. Mad Max 2
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4. Mad Max

• Duck Amuck
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• It's Such a Beautiful Day
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
• Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
• Toy Story
• WALL·E
• Perfect Blue
• Fritz the Cat
• A Charlie Brown Christmas

• Whiplash
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Mean Girls
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Social Network
• La La Land
• Superbad
• Wall Street
• Iron Man
• Cars 2

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. The Dark Knight
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. Blade
7. Superman
8. Super
9. The Toxic Avenger
10. Deadpool 2

1. Why Worry?
2. The Freshman
3. Safety Last!
4. An Eastern Westerner
5. Speedy
6. Never Weaken
7. Young Mr. Jazz

Movies that remind me of the point in my life where my parents were separating. Whether it be because of ads or seeing them in when they came out

• After Earth
• Man of Steel
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• Horrid Henry: The Movie
• Iron Man 3
• Monsters University
• Galaxy Quest
• Happy Gilmore
• Pacific Rim
• World War Z

1. The Hidden Fortress
2. Rio Bravo
3. The Seventh Seal
4. The Wages of Fear
5. Awaara
6. Seven Samurai
7. 12 Angry Men
8. Godzilla
9. Rashomon
10. The Cranes Are Flying

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Terminator
• The Abyss
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Avatar

1. Singin' in the Rain
2. The Boy Friend
3. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
4. Awaara
5. Dancer in the Dark
6. An American in Paris
7. West Side Story
8. Xanadu

1. Taxi Driver
2. GoodFellas
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. After Hours
5. Casino
6. The Irishman
7. The King of Comedy
8. Shutter Island
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Raging Bull

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Back to the Future
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. Back to the Future Part III
5. Death Becomes Her
6. Forrest Gump
7. The Polar Express

• The Night of the Hunter
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad
• Nothing but Trouble
• Christmas in Connecticut
• Cane River
• Johnny Got His Gun
• The Honeymoon Killers
• One-Eyed Jacks
• Wanda

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Horse Feathers
• Duck Soup
• Monkey Business
• Animal Crackers

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. The Iron Claw
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. BlackBerry
6. The Boy and the Heron
7. The Holdovers
8. John Wick: Chapter 4
9. Oppenheimer
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Tatami Galaxy
• FLCL
• Urusei Yatsura: Only You
• Belladonna of Sadness

• Good Will Hunting
• Magnolia
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• The Iron Claw

The films that influenced my first feature length script

• Slacker
• Chasing Amy
• Band of Outsiders
• The Iron Claw
• Superbad
• Clerks
• Nirvana the Band the Show
• 12 Angry Men
• Shiva Baby

1. Speed Racer
2. Bound
3. The Matrix

• Forty Guns
• Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
• A Monster Calls
• Targets
• Magic Spot
• Lost Highway
• Vive L'Amour
• The Tree of Life
• Sonatine
• His Motorbike, Her Island

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
4. Oldboy
5. The Dark Knight
6. The Suicide Squad
7. Blade
8. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
9. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
10. Spider-Man

1. It's Such a Beautiful Day
2. World of Tomorrow
3. The Meaning of Life
4. Lily and Jim
5. The Animation Show / Intermission in the Third Dimension / The End of the Show
6. Rejected
7. Wisdom Teeth
8. Billy's Balloon