I write a review of every film I watch for the first time. No ratings, as I find them reductive.
Late Autumn (1960)
Paved with good intentions
A Confucian Confusion (1994)
Socialmaxxing
Scarface (1932)
When your impact becomes the mold
Frankenstein (2025)
For the fans
Countdown (1967)
Moon dreams
The Love That Remains (2025)
Scenes from a divorce
What Does That Nature Say To You (2025)
Meet the parents
The Mastermind (2025)
Reichardt unveils the slow thriller
A Useful Ghost (2025)
Radicalized by a vacuum cleaner
Blue Moon (2025)
What did Lorenz Hart ever do to Richard Linklater?
Sentimental Value (2025)
Cinema, as told by baseball’s triple play
Devil In The Flesh (1998)
Unambiguously bad
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
My John Woo spell check keeps autocorrecting subtle to submachine gun
One Battle After Another (2025)
Social satire with reality busting down the door without a warrant
Sapphire (1959)
Tweed, soot, racism: England in the 50s
Fast Company (1977)
Burnt engine oil and lukewarm Budweiser
3 Women (1977)
On a different frequency
Code Unknown (2000)
A jump, a skip, and a step into the lives of others
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Yuppie (derogatory, informal)
Out Of The Furnace (2013)
Crime is a siren, for men and filmmakers alike
The Fog (1980)
Spellbinding storytelling
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
What pressure really means
Stray Dog (1949)
The world is a place worth fighting for
The Devils (1971)
An op-ed with crude marginalia
Cuckoo (2024)
Screech queen
Columbus (2017)
Screenshots bound for Tumblr (R.I.P.)
Caught Stealing (2025)
A rundown between the bases
Suspicion (1941)
Murder? I hardly know her
Warfare (2025)
Here comes the marching band
Anesthesia (2015)
The plight of the rich and educated
Terrifier (2016)
Embracing gory tradition
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Textbook romance
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Firecracker pile-on
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
Retadores
Peak Everything (2025)
Guided meditations in a climate emergency
All We Imagine As Light (2024)
The soft touch
Foxy Brown (1974)
Vigilante justice is as American as apple pie
China Moon (1994)
Ed Harris is not a certified lover boy
Redline (2009)
RPM that never leaves the red
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Let John Woo be John Woo
Love & Basketball (2000)
Ball is life, ball is love
The Fugitive (1993)
Take the leap of faith
Burning (2025)
What will people say?
Con Air (1997)
Fly the fiery skies
ChaO (2025)
Something’s fishy
Tea And Sympathy (1956)
Someone save this sensitive boy
Sinners (2025)
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine (all over the place)
Best In Show (2000)
Oh look, it’s us. Oh god, it’s us
Hell Or High Water (2016)
Cowboy nostalgia
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Tom Cruise’s kumbaya
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