movies

Project Hail Mary (2026)

★★★★★

Mar 21, 2026

AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE - I laughed, I cried, I repeated both multiple times. Incredible adaptation of an amazing book that was mostly faithful. Love a good puppet.

The Princess Bride (1987)

★★★★½

Mar 18, 2026

What an incredibly lovely movie! Memorable characters, a great story, and the perfect type of cheesy… all in under 100 minutes!

Pretty Woman (1990)

★★★

Mar 8, 2026

Not the most comedic romantic comedy IMO, but Julia Robert’s is incredibly beautiful and it’s a fun enough movie if you’re a normal person capable of not taking the premise seriously. Who knew Art Vandelay would be such a shark?

Marty Supreme (2025)

★★★★½

Feb 28, 2026

I was not prepared for this movie to be Uncut Gems, but ping pong.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

★★★★½

Dec 24, 2025

It is insane how much Cousin Eddie looks like Dan Mullen.

Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

★★★★

Dec 13, 2025

Great cast. Better than #2. Didn’t like as much as #1, but approximately as good. At no point in this movie did I have an idea where it was going or a guess at who did the murder.

The Holdovers (2023)

★★★★

Dec 6, 2025

Watched this as a date movie, and that was a mistake. A very good and touching movie, but not a date movie. Love me some Paul Giamatti.

Anyone But You (2023)

★★★

Nov 10, 2025

A very solid rom-com; give me more of these. Idk if this is hot take, but Charlee Fraser blows Sydney Sweeney out of the water on a per minute basis in this movie.

Love Actually (2003)

★★½

Nov 7, 2025

Too many different couples stories to get fully engaged with for maximum effect. The music in this went so hard and carries the emotional moments.

No Hard Feelings (2023)

★★★½

Nov 6, 2025

Starts off with a ton of hilarious/good cringe moments, then turns into a movie that really tries hard to be touching and succeeds for the most part.

Witness (1985)

★★★★

Aug 29, 2025

Harrison Ford, what a man.

One Battle After Another (2025)

★★★★

Oct 3, 2025

This was a very good movie that I liked, but I just didn’t enjoy as much as everyone else who seems to think it’s PTA’s crowning achievement. All of the actors were great. Leo really sold being overly paranoid, but his acting performance was probably not even top 3 in the movie. Chase Infiniti was fantastic. This was my first time seeing her and I hope to see her in more things. My boy Benicio Del Toro was cool, calm, and collected as always. Sean Penn is a convincing villain with some nice facial prosthetics and off-putting facial/physical acting. Teyana Taylor was a force in her limited time on screen. The music was great - effectively building tension, setting up the comical scenes, and capping off the movie. Loved the sight gag of Leo falling off the roof through tree limbs then immediately getting tazed. I just didn’t like the general plot premise as much as I’d hoped and thought the whole prologue part was too long and made the overall movie too long.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

★★½

Sep 19, 2025

Music isn’t that memorable, but the plot twist was fun. Sacha Baron Cohen gives a very strong brief appearance as an incredible caricature of an Italian man. The meat grinders were disgusting.

Weapons (2025)

★★★★½

Aug 8, 2025

If anyone ever asks for a bowl of water, just say no.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

★★★★★

Aug 3, 2025

This movie is incredible. Kiera Knightley is adorable. Mathew MacFadyen makes it a fun rewatch post-Succession. I’ve never seen Rosamund Pike so bubbly lol. Shoutout to Mr. Bennet for being such an incredible father. It is so painful to watch Mrs. Bennet be so socially unaware at all times. The youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are over-the-top annoying. All roles well-acted. Also, there are far too many people that own horses in this movie that are choosing to walk long distances for hours instead of riding.

F1 (2025)

★★★★

Jun 28, 2025

Incredible sound, great action, fun movie! This movie really nails the “being rivals with your partner driver” aspect of F1. Also does a good job of hand-holding people being introduced to F1 for the first time without being to explain-y.

Notting Hill (1999)

★★★½

May 24, 2025

Simple concept of a movie done well. Honestly thought Julia Roberts felt a bit flat, but maybe that was just her character’s personality? Her “I’m just a girl…” line was a sweet moment that stood out because I finally actually felt the emotion. Hugh Grant was charming.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)

★★★★

May 23, 2025

Final Reckoning is a great franchise finale, but is weighed down as an individual movie by trying a little too hard to be a finale with all the montage stuff, flashbacks, and references to the past movies. Still had a blast! Tom, you are the GOAT. The airplane stunt scene was so long in a good way, I couldn’t believe it. The dive scene was awesome too, but left me wondering how real it was compared to the air acrobatics. Tramell Tillman came in hot and was super fun in his limited role. The whole submarine crew was cool in general. Loved the way they brought back Donloe from the first movie and loved his dogs. There are some incredibly gratuitous cleavage shots of Hayley Atwell when she’s reviving Ethan Hunt in one scene. I hope Benji and Paris get married. RIP Luther, you were so cool.

Jerry Maguire (1996)

★★★★½

May 22, 2025

This movie is filled with several incredibly powerful and emotional moments that make you believe in love that are interspersed with several incredibly funny moments of Tom Cruise being unintentionally funny. I aspire to be an Ambassador of Quan.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

★★★★

May 8, 2025

Probably the most underrated Star Wars movie. Hope you didn’t get attached to any of the characters. Had to rewatch this because of the Andor show.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023)

★★★★½

May 10, 2025

RIP my girl Ilsa Faust, you were a real one and my favorite of all the female MI roles. Please come back to life next movie. It’s so funny watching the White Widow flirt with Ethan Hunt because she’s the pinnacle of a 10-10 on the hot-crazy scale. Mantis from Avengers plays a top-notch henchman. Her clanking the pipe on the brick wall in the narrow alley was such a nice touch. Just when I think they’ve done every possible iteration of a European city car chase in this franchise, they surprise me with a fun new gimmick. The motorcycle cliff jump stunt was surreal. The climbing from falling train car to falling train car was possibly too similar in my mind to the Uncharted 2 video game scene, but I loved it nevertheless. This movie might be the most intentionally funny of the series, not sure if that is good or bad. Luther better working his magic on the source code off screen in time for Final Reckoning.

Sinners (2025)

★★★★★

Apr 19, 2025

Sinners is a blast! I dislike the “actor plays twins” gimmick, but it wasn’t a drag on this movie because Michael B Jordan was awesome and because I love the “movie takes place over a single day” gimmick. I’m not a huge horror/vampire movie person, but this movie is so many more things than that. Sinners felt very authentic to the Delta, its people, culture, and history. Best use of music I’ve seen in a while. Maybe Ludwig Goransson’s best work?

The Wind Rises (2013)

★★★

Feb 21, 2025

Loved the phrases “Japanese boy” and “flush rivets”. So much airplane. Did not expect this to be a sad movie, which made it feel so much more sad.

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

★★★★

Jan 17, 2025

Love how all the plots weave together to form such a funny, touching, and inspirational story. The mini-golf fight was hilarious!

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

★★★★★

Jan 11, 2025

This is the perfect action movie. This Wolf Blitzer mask scene is the best one yet. A heartfelt send off for Hunley. His replacement, Sloane, is more than fills the shoes of the government higher up dubious of Hunt’s methods. Her scalpel/hammer bit was an incredible line and introduction to Walker who is an absolute force. Henry Cavill was so damn good. I’ve never seen anything like the skydiving lightning strike. The bathroom fight might be my favorite fist fight of the franchise. Vanessa Kirby is the pinnacle form of “insane seductress villain”. The Paris scenery was great throughout. Writing Julia back in could have been so sloppy, but this story fit wonderfully. Fallout has you in the edge of your seat the entire time. My one complaint is taking a missive spray of skydrol to the face should have immediately and permanently blinded someone, not turned them into Harvey Two-Face.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

★★★★½

Jan 10, 2025

What more could you want? Tom Cruise hangs off the side of a military freight plane during takeoff. There’s a henchman named “Bone Doctor.” Another classic Ethan Hunt motorcycle chase. The Ilsa Faust character becomes an instant fan favorite for looking awesome every time she’s on screen. More mask hijnks. Solomon Lane plays the quiet omniscient villain so well and is arguably the best villain of the entire series. Best movie of the series so far.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

★★★½

Jan 4, 2025

Cruise to so much more charismatic than Renner it’s no surprise Brandt fails to stick in the series. This movie needed more Luther Stickell. Loved the prison break, the Kremlin hallway projector screen, the haboob chase, the BMW i8, the introduction to the car vending machine, and all of Paula Patton’s outfits.

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

★★★

Jan 3, 2025

Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays a strong villain for the limited time he’s actually doing stuff on screen. Less crazy action stunts that I like to see in a MI film and too many fire fights, but the face mask gimmick never fails to please me. Aaron Paul randomly playing Michelle Monaghan’s brother made me laugh.

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

★★

Jan 2, 2025

Easily the worst MI film. Hilariously bad use of slow motion kicking/punching. Still gets 2 stars because we get the first Ethan Hunt motorcycle scene and Thandie Newton looked really good.

Mission: Impossible (1996)

★★★★

Dec 25, 2024

Great start to a great franchise. Movie really accelerates after the first half. The best/most ridiculous line of the entire movie: “But I was supremely confident, having tasted the goods.”

The Holiday (2006)

★★½

Dec 7, 2024

I expected this to be a light-hearted rom-com, but it had way more of the sad/tough parts of dating and relationships than I was expecting or wanted.

Wicked (2024)

★★★★

Dec 7, 2024

Wicked Part 1 was incredible! It’s a faithful adaptation of the Broadway musical. Ariana Grande knocked it out of the park. Excited for Part 2.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

★★★★

Dec 5, 2024

Laughed way more than I expected going into it. When they intentionally went for cringe it was painful to watch (in a good way). It’s also an incredible “that guy” movie which leaves you wondering where you’ve seen half the secondary/tertiary characters before.

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

★½

Nov 21, 2024

I was so confused what was going on the entire time. Good music though.

Hubie Halloween (2020)

★★★★

Oct 17, 2024

This movie is a blast, has so many fun cameos, and will leave you wishing you had every t-shirt worn by Hubie’s mom.

You've Got Mail (1998)

★★★★½

Oct 3, 2024

A Nora Ephron rom-com starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. What more could you want?

The Shining (1980)

★★★½

Oct 5, 2024

Constant creepy/tense vibes and you’ll never see a man with more pointy eyebrows. Wendy runs weird and has a poor batting stance where she chokes up way too high on the bat, but it seems to work for her swing.

Blink Twice (2024)

★★★

Aug 25, 2024

This movie was more upsetting than I expected going into it. I remain confident in my opinion that mountain vacation > beach vacation.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

★★★★★

Jul 28, 2024

The perfect movie

Twisters (2024)

★★★½

Jul 20, 2024

Do you even own a truck if it can’t drill down into the earth to secure its position through a twister? Do you even own a truck if it doesn’t have a button that launches fireworks?

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

★★★½

Jul 13, 2024

Idk what I thought this was going to be, but it was hilarious. Its like Austin Powers with ladies.

Gladiator (2000)

★★★★

Jul 13, 2024

Commodus = Kendall Roy. Succession was ripped straight from this movie.

Inside Out 2 (2024)

★★★½

Jun 14, 2024

Maya Hawke is incredible as Anxiety. Phyllis is so good as Sadness. I loved the sarcasm bit. A solid sequel.

Inside Out (2015)

★★★★

Jun 13, 2024

Unique concept for a kids move, but this might mark the moment that Pixar started making movies that were just as much for adults. Amy Pohler is so perfect for the role of Joy.

Challengers (2024)

★★★★

May 9, 2024

They did the tennis stuff right. I’ve never watched a sex scene set to a children’s choir song before. I’m jealous of the Stanford athlete cafeteria’s churro station. Fun movie!

Ella Enchanted (2004)

★★

May 7, 2024

This is a movie that I watched with a girl.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

★★★★

Mar 7, 2024

This movie has the biggest bowls of cereal you will ever see. Every Paul Rudd line is hilarious. Respect to Jason Sudekis for his commitment to full-frontal male nudity.

Dune: Part Two (2024)

★★★★★

Mar 1, 2024

Absolutely incredible! Saw in IMAX, chair was vibrating, awesome experience. The stars were great, the world was detailed, the worms were badass. Detoured from the book, but not in a was I necessarily hated because it doesn’t go against the themes. Want to be immediately transported through time and space to Dune Part Three.

Dune (2021)

★★★★

Feb 29, 2024

Great adaptation of Herbert’s novel. Can’t wait for part 2. They do a good job of explaining things to the viewer. Stunning visuals and score. Does feel a little incomplete as a movie since it’s only the first third or so of the book. I just wished it had the dinner party scene because that’s my favorite from the book.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

★★★★½

Jan 25, 2024

Such an influential movie with arguably the greatest athletic performances in cinema history.