Heat

1995

★★★★★ 6

Told you I’m never going back. 

A person two rows in front of me plugged their ears during the shootout scene and that’s how I knew I was experiencing history on the silver screen. My ears are still ringing, my bones rattling, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Masterpiece.

Speed Racer

2008

★★★★★ 12

Stop steering and start driving.

Driving as an art, stick it to the man who wants to steer that art. A movie so unafraid to embrace the zany and as a result we are blessed with this maximalist fever dream of color and adrenaline.

Witnessed the opening and closing sequences on 35mm, the Wachowskis are gods.

Edit: Just heard the tragic news, Rest in Peace Christian Oliver

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

★★★★★ 6

Witness me!

Breaking news, still perfect. My soul ascends during the pole cat scene, especially in a packed theater in 35mm.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003

★★★★★ 6

I’ve seen Heaven and it’s the Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves on 35mm.

Red Eye

2005

★★★ 4

Forget Oppenheimer, where was Cillian’s Oscar for Red Eye? His raspy voice at the end is endlessly funny.

Sunshine

2007

★★★★ 10

I when I saw this back in like 2009, I loved it but hated the ending. 

It’s 2023 and I still the hate the ending but the separation of the bomb from Icarus is still a God tier scene (especially in a packed theater).

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

1987

★★★ 5

Easiest 3 stars of my life. There’s a moment where Mike Dudikoff football hikes a katana to kill another ninja.

TRON: Legacy

2010

★★★★★ 13

The thing about perfection is that it’s unknowable. 

A perfectly imperfect movie. My soul ascended watching this in theaters again.