Category: 5 Stars

• Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut)

  

  “There is so much done in Christendom of which Christ would be incapable.” Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, 2005) A masterpiece. A staggering achievement in filmmaking. One of the most gorgeous movies I’ve ever seen. The production design is off the charts. That team, as well as the costume design team, should have swept their…

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  March 15, 2023

  Film, Drama, 5 Stars, War

  2005, Ridley Scott

• The Godfather Part II

  

  “If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything…it is that you can kill anyone.” The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) Coppola’s second of three masterpieces made in the 1970s. Gordon Willis is a god with a camera. Longer, darker, and more complex than the first entry. Also a…

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  February 9, 2023

  5 Stars, Crime, Drama, Film

  1974, Francis Ford Coppola

• The Godfather

  

  “We’re not murderers, despite what this undertaker says.” The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) A masterpiece. A perfect movie. Coppola spends the first twenty-seven minutes of the film on a wedding sequence. What a fucking nutjob.

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  January 30, 2023

  5 Stars, Crime, Drama, Film

  1972, Francis Ford Coppola