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A ★★★ review of Empire Records (1995)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 9h

My ★★★ review of Empire Records on Letterboxd boxd.it/bjl0Vn

Joe went on to be in a non-marital, committed relationship with a Lorelai Gilmore type. They met at a bar when she thought he was the member of a local Pearl Jam tribute band. Eddie went on to sell me...

A ★★★★★ review of Sorcerer (1977)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★★★ review of Sorcerer on Letterboxd boxd.it/biOBpH

I cannot believe this isn't the plot to a Fast and Furious movie yet. We got "Let's go to space," before we got "Let's get the highly volatile dynamite across the jungle."

A ★★★½ review of MadS (2024)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★½ review of MadS on Letterboxd boxd.it/biKsBV

Genuinely some of the best zombie acting I've ever seen- not whatever Kristen Stewart is doing in every movie she's in. If I was to find out about the zombie apocalypse I would like to find out inside...

A ★★★½ review of Quantum of Solace (2008)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★½ review of Quantum of Solace on Letterboxd boxd.it/biFW6X

I really want to love this extremely skippable Uncharted-sidequest-ass breakup movie about punching your way through a mountain of grief, but it's a 5 star 15 minute idea stretched out into a 2 hour J...

A ★★★★½ review of Doctor Strange (2016)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★★½ review of Doctor Strange on Letterboxd boxd.it/birbnJ

Time will tell how much I love you. This is a movie about time, not about magic; which is ironic because it's also the most nebulous. We have no idea how many days/months/years transpire in this movie...

A ★★★★ review of Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 2d

My ★★★★ review of Dog Day Afternoon on Letterboxd boxd.it/bigltF

Pacino sweatier here than his acting in Jack and Jill (2011)

A ★★★★½ review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 3d

My ★★★★½ review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues on Letterboxd boxd.it/bhCmeh

The greatest sequel ever made...?

A ★★★½ review of The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 3d

My ★★★½ review of The Wizard of Oz on Letterboxd boxd.it/bhfL1V

I could while away the hours Conferrin' with the flowers, Consulting with the rain; And my head I'd be a scratchin' While my thoughts are busy hatchin' If I only had a brain. I'd unravel ev'ry riddle ...

A ★★★★½ review of Casino Royale (2006)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 3d

My ★★★★½ review of Casino Royale on Letterboxd boxd.it/bh8o4X

James Bond: *Drinks a Run Collins, glass of whiskey, and doesn't care if his martini is shaken or stirred* Some loser drinking Pepsi in his basement: Not my Bond! The people want Roger Moore!

A ★★★★ review of Traffic (2000)

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Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 4d

My ★★★★ review of Traffic on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgRKYf

An absolutely dynamite script hemorrhaged by a variety of insane camera filters that make me feel like I'm watching a movie through an empty Heineken bottle

A ★★½ review of Bone Lake (2024)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 4d

My ★★½ review of Bone Lake on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgQhYj

The stupidest movie I ever kinda liked

A ★★★ review of The Devils (1971)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 4d

My ★★★ review of The Devils on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgqspH

Doctors treating a woman with the plague: Definitely burn off all the boils. Maybe trap hornets on her so the poison will cancel out the virus? And DEFINITELY make sure she's laying on an alligator. R...

A ★★ review of The First Purge (2018)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 5d

My ★★ review of The First Purge on Letterboxd boxd.it/bfFmKF

*Opening of movie* Meth addict who has clearly had brain surgery: Ho he heeee! A full night of murder is the ONLY way I can get the voices to flee! Scientist: Idk Mr. President, he's making a lot of g...

A ★★★★ review of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 5d

My ★★★★ review of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter on Letterboxd boxd.it/bg5Scx

A movie about how all moms are more annoying than Steve Buscemi from Fargo

A ★★★½ review of The Hitcher (1986)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 6d

My ★★★½ review of The Hitcher on Letterboxd boxd.it/bf8dqv

The Hitcher: *menacingly* Do you know what happens to an eyeball when you stick a knife in it? Me: Jesus fucking Christ, WHY DID I OFFER TO GIVE RFK JR. A RIDE Hooptober 12 Film #20

A ★★★½ review of The Smashing Machine (2025)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 7d

My ★★★½ review of The Smashing Machine on Letterboxd boxd.it/beUGcf

It's much better than I expected (especially after a very slow opening 30 mins), and had a surprising amount of laugh-out-loud moments, but man, if The Rock riding a children's carousel saying "I feel...

A ★★½ review of Death Becomes Her (1992)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 7d

My ★★½ review of Death Becomes Her on Letterboxd boxd.it/beS1f9

Nobody has more directorial range than Zemeckis. You can end up watching one of the greatest movies ever made, or the worst movie you have ever seen, OR a perfectly serviceable, campy, over-the-top wo...

A ★★★★★ review of No Country for Old Men (2007)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 8d

My ★★★★★ review of No Country for Old Men on Letterboxd boxd.it/belGBp

There is more blood that spills from shoes in this movie than from people in 99% of all other movies.

A ★★★★ review of Corpse Bride (2005)

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Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 8d

My ★★★★ review of Corpse Bride on Letterboxd boxd.it/beiKwx

Hot Topic: Mr. Burton, your Nightmare Before Christmas fashion line has been SUCH an incredible hit, do you have any future projects lined up? Burton: I have a script about a guy who has to marry a co...

A ★★★★★ review of Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 8d

My ★★★★★ review of Rosemary's Baby on Letterboxd boxd.it/befz0p

The thing is, of you're going to be a disgusting sexual deviant like Roman Polanski, the least you can do is make 3-5 indisputable theatrical masterpieces for the masses to talk about while they chase...

A ★★★ review of Altered States (1980)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 8d

My ★★★ review of Altered States on Letterboxd boxd.it/be02lT

I don't care how smart you think you are, if you choose doing hallucinogenic drugs in an attempt to become some kind of monkey man, over being with your hot, PhD, explorer wife, you are a fucking moro...

A ★★★★½ review of Scarlet Street (1945)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 9d

My ★★★★½ review of Scarlet Street on Letterboxd boxd.it/bdOb1J

A movie that proves there is no difference between good and bad paintings/painters and anybody who tries to convince you otherwise is a total loser.

A ★★★½ review of Braindead (1992)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 9d

My ★★★½ review of Braindead on Letterboxd boxd.it/bdrchx

Ewww. Gross. (Copied from my review of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy) Hooptober 12 Film #16

A ★★★ review of La Llorona (2019)

Cade Wiberg @cadewibergwriter.bsky.social · 10d

My ★★★ review of La Llorona on Letterboxd boxd.it/bdcdK1

La Llorona (2019)- A fascinating Guatamalan film about how the real horrors in the world are the sick things mankind does to one another for petty feelings of superiority. 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and <...