Paxton
Celluloid Junkie
Member Since: 23 Jan 2012
Location: Your neighborhood, right behind you. , USA
Bio: I'm going to fudge my rankings and uprank movies that are my actual favorites. My favorite movies are rarely the best in craft. And while one of my favorites may be the expertly crafted The Godfather, I'm not going to be using this unique opportunity to recommend you something you already know you should see. If you were waiting for me personally to convince you to watch Seven Samurai, you have put too much pressure on a guy that likes Michael Dudikoff films. I had previously given Ravenous an 86 when in reality it's a 75 tops. Now it's a 100. Welcome to my recommendations.
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Phoenix (1998) - Rated 12 Aug 2025
"What if Joseph Merhi was inspired by Michael Mann's Heat and some producer actually coughed up enough to cast the thing with an array of talent?"
Abruptio (2023) - Rated 12 Aug 2025
"Grabs you by being weird and different and then slowly starts to lose you because it's pretty weird and different. I think it's cool they made it. Certain people seemed to like Skinamarink so who am I to say something outstays its welcome? Paxton, by the way. Paxton says it outstays its welcome."
Tuesday (2024) - Rated 11 Aug 2025
"This is one of those weird indies that can somehow resonate with you emotionally in a way that a straight forward Nicholas Sparks story never could, however, it didn't resonate with me despite me wanting it to. Shrug. Your favorite ice cream flavor isn't mine so don't let me deter you."
Thunderball (1965) - Rated 11 Aug 2025
"Whatever the number is in your head for the maximum amount of people you think they would put into an underwater fight, double it."
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) - Rated 08 Aug 2025
"Not to damn it with faint praise but this is easily my favorite media featuring Fred Durst."
A Different Man (2024) - Rated 08 Aug 2025
"There are some great truths being investigated here but I always felt like it was more strictly applicable to actors themselves which created disconnect for me that I couldn't get past. There's something about the fake and phoniest place on Earth trying to peel at those very layers it stakes its reputation on that I can't help but wholesale reject. Or maybe the bad taste of Chained for Life still lingers. Having said that, in both cases I should give benefit of doubt and just enjoy, maybe learn."
Until Dawn (2025) - Rated 07 Aug 2025
"There's promise here with the premise (as many opportunities for scares as possible and getting to kill your protagonists over and over is solid and the greatetst hits so to speak that they watch on the cell phone help prove this point) but it doesn't pay off as desired. It boggles the mind that while writing a script in which every character's first instinct is always to reboot by killing themselves, the authors didn't think to rewrite things one more round. Disclosure: no history with the game"
The Ward (2011) - Rated 07 Aug 2025
"I did not have to Split my time to figure out the Identity of where I'd seen this plot before."
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) - Rated 06 Aug 2025
"Outstayed it's welcome which is unfortunate because I was having such a great time in the beginning I accidentally whimsied all over myself."
Jack's Back (1988) - Rated 06 Aug 2025
"I'm looking at late eighties James Spader going from playing a good guy med student/assistant to playing his bad boy brother and I'm going to be honest, I could stand to watch Jack's Front as well."
