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Favorite films

  • WALL·E
  • Modern Times
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • TÁR

    ★★★★

  • All About My Mother

    ★★★½

  • How to Train Your Dragon

    ★★

  • Fantastic Planet

    ★★★½

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Pixels

2015

★½ Rewatched

Classic arcade games still hold a certain charm, even as technology has advanced to the point of video games having almost realistic graphics. They’re simple, yet still challenging and addictive, which makes them immediately appealing. "Pixels", based on a very successful and creative short film, tries to bring that magic to the screen and while seeing classic characters like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man induces smiles, the film is disappointingly lacking. With a script that tries desperately hard to be funny,…

Ernest Scared Stupid

1991

★★ 1

Like I mentioned in my letterboxd review of "Ernest Saves Christmas", I had seen bits and pieces of "Ernest Scared Stupid" on television as it was often a staple of Family Channel's Halloween line-up. However, this is the first time I have seen the movie all the way through and I thought it was a mixed bag. John Cherry tries to give it the appropriate atmosphere with his direction, but the jokes don't quite hit as much as hoped. Jim…

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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000

★★½ 1

This is a fascinating movie. It captures the tone and spirit of the original Jay Ward cartoon pretty well, with its frequent puns and fourth wall jokes and you can tell the filmmakers had a genuine love for the material (Robert De Niro had apparently been wanting to make this for several years until he decided to produce the movie himself). Does it all work? No. Many jokes can be obvious and corny, but then you also wonder if that's…

Bobbleheads: The Movie

2020

½ Watched

This movie is the very definition of an endurance test. According to Tab Murphy, who has a story credit on this film, his entire script was thrown out and director Kirk Wise was given zero creative control. Considering Wise previously directed "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", I believe that as this doesn't look like the product of someone who made those movies. "Bobbleheads: The Movie" is one big ball of nothing. Not a single character…

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