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Hello! I’m Emre, a Data Engineer and Software Developer passionate about turning complex challenges into intuitive solutions.

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Avatar

2009

The longest extended version is the definitive experience. And the more I see this movie, the more I love how unfathomably. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

John Candy: I Like Me

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

Watched on Saturday November 29, 2025.

Rating: No rating

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

2001

So, wait... This fucking lady learns that the fitness chick is scamming people by promoting a physique unattainable strictly from her. . . . .

Rating: β˜…Β½

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988

A fairly decent remake of the first movie. This one actually looks and feels like it was shot in Illinois. . . . .

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Halloween II

Halloween II

1981

Can we talk about how good of a shot Dr. Loomis is? He put 11 slugs in Michael without missing. . . . .

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Halloween

Halloween

1978

Boy, Michael really put a damper on the homecoming dance.

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Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

1976

Our boy out there wearing the Hamas triangle to go fuck up some pigs.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Starman

Starman

1984

Starman having an appropriate reaction to the smell of cigarettes.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Christine

Christine

1983

You could tell Carpenter was having fun making this one, although it still suffers from the same split protagonist issue. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

They Live

They Live

1988

Not nearly as radical as its reputation suggests, and dare I say it is not even an anti-capitalist movie. You. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Fog

The Fog

1980

Watched on Friday October 3, 2025.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Pearl

Pearl

2022

This review may contain spoilers. Damn, that monologue scene...

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

Rehabilitation of Germans as allies alongside orientalist depictions of Arabs as monstrous murderers is what to expect from a liberal. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

1991

"If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed," he wrote. "Everyone can enjoy. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Hanna

Hanna

2011

Fine. Did not age particularly well. The beginning is the most interesting part, there's not much of a middle, and. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…Β½

The Soloist

The Soloist

2009

Bunch of liberal bullshit.

Rating: β˜…Β½

Rango

Rango

2011

I feel like this is becoming a forgotten film, and not without reason – the story is extremely thin, Rango. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

WALLΒ·E

WALLΒ·E

2008

Is the "Wall-E is Satan" theory still in vogue, or are we done with that?

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Arrival

Arrival

2016

Scummy racist bullshit. This is such a flagrantly, violently racist piece of propaganda. It's almost shocking how deeply hateful and. . . . .

Rating: Β½

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

2016

Absolutely wild that I had no idea this movie even existed a week ago despite its relatively recent release, cast. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

1993

Is this the most satisfying deus ex machina in film?

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Last Breath

Last Breath

2019

Wild how the film adaptation of this documentary doubled the amount of bailout oxygen and shortened the time he was. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Last Breath

Last Breath

2025

I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's simple, straight-forward, no subplots or dilly-dallying. You're with the main throughline the whole. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Only the Brave

Only the Brave

2017

The American-ness of this movie is grating on a rewatch, but the drama still holds up well enough. What I. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009

One of the most legitimately funny movies of the century with tremendous performances from Mr. T and James Caan, but. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

How 'Jaws' Changed the World

How 'Jaws' Changed the World

2012

Almost completely useless.

Rating: No rating

Playing with Sharks

Playing with Sharks

2021

Wild how they just blame "China" for shark finning, as if that explains everything – all you need to know. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Cruel Jaws

Cruel Jaws

1995

Unreasonably terrible. Makes Jaws 4 look like Andrei Rublev.

Rating: Β½

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

Gotta love how they claim the story is a criticism of capitalism, and then unironically fawn over how the film. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

A flawed masterpiece if there ever was one. This makes so much more sense after watching Andor. The last 45. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

This will be a review of Andor, Season 2. Spoilers below. Now that the series is over (after only two seasons?), I. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Brian's Song

Brian's Song

1971

Outrageously melodramatic and outdated (almost comedically so), but still emotionally effective thanks to the great performances of, and chemistry between,. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005

What Enron did that was so bad, to the plutocrats running the country, was being too open about how shitty. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983

Not nearly as bad as its rating suggests.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Jaws 2

Jaws 2

1978

Underrated John Williams score that is on par or potentially superior to the first film's.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Take Shelter

Take Shelter

2011

Still among the greatest movies ever made.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025

This review may contain spoilers. Garbage-tier writing aside, this is a fun, stupid little romp. I liked the adrift family stuff. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

2005

Just imagine if this guy was actually cast as Woody on Cheers.

Rating: No rating

9/11

9/11

2002

Incredibly harrowing. Perhaps the best documentary on Operation Northwoods that I've seen yet.

Rating: No rating

An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

2024

Not very informative. Worse yet is how it handwaves legitimate questions like who is John Doe #2, and why did. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Jaws

Jaws

1975

Watched on Friday June 13, 2025.

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The Shining

The Shining

1980

Watched on Sunday June 8, 2025.

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

Review of Andor: Season 1, the most explicitly left-wing show you are likely to ever see come from anywhere outside. . . . .

Rating: No rating

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

2023

What the fuck is this...? Worst film in the series up to this point by a country mile. Hiring the cinematographer. . . . .

Rating: β˜…Β½

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

2005

The exact type of mediocrity and ruling-class propaganda you'd expect from Ron Howard, who wants you to believe that attempting. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…

The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge

1992

From the director of Kazaam, and the writer of Andor, comes a formulaic yet charming film that probably should not. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Queen of the Ring

Queen of the Ring

2024

Undeniably silly but in a charming way. Brazenly rewrites history, leaves out key figures, and is (perhaps intentionally) vague about. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

Daylight

Daylight

1996

Showing its age in both a good and bad way, but this is still a strong effort all around. I. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Pretty hard to watch this and come away not understanding why John Steinbeck was a card-carrying communist. Even harder to. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

This sucks. It's held up not quite as well as rancid milk spilled on a hot rock in the Arizona. . . . .

Rating: β˜…β˜…

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