Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  French Connection II 1975

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2025

  In French Connection II, Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle travels to France to track down drug lord Alain Charnier, who slipped through his fingers in the first film. What unfolds is less a conventional crime thriller that puts you on a psychological thrill ride. I wasn't prepared for what turned out to be a more personal, harrowing, and overall more unsettling affair.

  In Marseille our brash and erratic detective finds himself utterly out of his element. It's not just a foreign…

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  Mr. Majestyk 1974

  ★★★½ Watched 05 Jan 2025

  Mr. Majestyk is a man of principles. As the owner of a watermelon farm in rural Colorado, he refuses to exploit desperate laborers and instead takes on migrants to do his crop for fair wages. This doesn’t sit well with a local thug who tries to push his gang of lazy drunkards onto Majestyk. Frustrated by rejection, the thug resorts to force—only to be thoroughly outmatched by Charles Bronson in peak form.

  Majestyk’s troubles escalate when the scuffle on his…

Popular reviews

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  Breadcrumb Trail 2014

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jan 2021

  I need to start with a disclaimer. Slint is a band that I've listened to a lot at some point, but unlike my passion bands, hearing about them or seeing their artwork somewhere doesn't really give me the pump. However, I always wondered why people love their music so dedicatedly and I thought it would be interesting to get some background on their short history. So I was glad when I've found this documentary on YouTube.

  I think there is…

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  The Karate Kid 1984

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2021

  As a young one, The Karate Kid was easily among my favorite movies. I watched it every single time it was on TV. Luckily, my parents liked it, too (it may even be the reason why my dad picked up karate himself). I really couldn't get enough of the martial arts stuff popular at the time. I don't think I even noticed how little actual karate made it into the movie. This is in no small part due to the…