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Favorite films

  • Lost Highway
  • Wild at Heart
  • Blue Velvet
  • Mulholland Drive

All
  • Gran Torino

    ★★★★★

  • The Fabulous Fraud

  • The Blair Witch Project

    ★★★★★

  • 28 Days Later

    ★★★★

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Gran Torino

2008

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

I'm gearing up to edit the most important set of scenes for The Chosen series and I needed to watch something great for inspiration. GRAN TORINO on blu-ray was a wise choice.
For over 30 years, Clint's use of light and darkness in the frame is really spellbinding. What a great performance. And to still create iconic images and dialogue ("Get off my lawn") this late in his career - incredible.
This past weekend I found myself seated across a…

The Blair Witch Project

1999

★★★★★ Rewatched

The only movie I ever saw in the theater that had me sleeping with the lights on that evening.
Showing a teen the movie 26 years after the film’s released, I was certain that it was going to feel hokey or lame through the lens of today.
Nope. Still raw, real, and scary.
That apology monologue is epic - especially considering Heather probably wrote / improvised it.

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Big Momma's House

2000

½ 5

I was visiting Los Angeles in 1999 and saw this at a test screening - so I had no idea what movie I was about to see.
That's my review. I wanted to explain why I saw this movie.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

2024

★★★★★ Liked 2

Yes I worked on this. I can't be objective. The 5 stars is for my experience and the amazing human beings I had the pleasure of working with.
Just as we began work on the director's cut, my Dad was put on hospice care. The director's cut schedule was ramped up because my director was beginning work on The Chosen Season 5. One of the only negatives when it comes to working in post-production is that it isn't a job…