James has written 188 reviews for films during 2023.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

2023

★★★★½ 1

This is like expecting a Christmas present that's really cool but it's something you already own, and instead you get something brand-new that's equally as cool

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

★★★★ Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Schindler's List

1993

★★★★★ Watched

As iconic, almost mythic of a filmmaker Steven Spielberg is, this is the sort of film you would never imagine he has in him. Masterpiece in every sense of the word.

Oppenheimer

2023

★★★★½ Watched

Kinda speechless ngl. Glad I decided to see Barbie tomorrow cause this is NOT a feature you want to pair with anything. Gonna spend the rest of the day lying down, trying to process all of this, and crying. Or maybe I'll just play more Pikmin 4 idk

Camelot

1967

★★★½ Watched

They cast the most Italian man alive and said "Yeah he's French don't question it"

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

★★★½ Watched

Probably the weakest story in the series yet, one that barely feels like it escalates the overall stakes of the series compared to what 2 and 3 did. This wouldn't be a major complaint had this movie been clocked in at around 120 minutes, but unfortunately this chapter comes across as frustratingly bloated, leaving me tapping my foot waiting for the next action sequence to kick in.

But it still gets a positive score because the action was sick as…

Saving Private Ryan

1998

★★★★★ 1

Watched at a Midas auto repair shop (it was playing on the TV at full volume)

Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion

2017

★★★★½ Watched

Bahubali: 2 hours of flashback and then The Conclusion is in the last 30 minutes

Munich

2005

★★★½ Watched

Good movie but could not take the, uh, climax seriously

Bāhubali: The Beginning

2015

★★★½ Watched

What a great movie, I sure hope it doesn't have an unengaging hour-long flashback sequence at the end

Elvis

2022

★★ Watched

Genuinely unbearable! Austin Butler innocent tho

TÁR

2022

★★★½ Watched

Ashamed to it that it took me an hour and 42 minutes to realize that was the same woman from Portrait of a Lady on Fire