Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke 2025

  Rewatched 05 Mar 2025

  I grew up finding the Franke family extremely interesting. Not because of their ideals, but because there was such obvious fabrication to their image. Having the whole picture reveals just how much this story epitomizes the unique-to-the-21st-century evils that I have found captivating since I stumbled upon family vlogging at ten years old. And of course (just for good measure), if Kevin wasn’t expelled from his own home like a fucking coward, he would have gone along with whatever delusions Ruby was transfixed by at the moment. Utah is a goddamn dystopia.

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  The Wild Robot 2024

  Watched 28 Feb 2025 8

  another tik tok ass kids movie

Popular reviews

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  Poor Things 2023

  Rewatched 11 Mar 2024 24

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

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  The Substance 2024

  Rewatched 17 Nov 2024 8

  I decided to check if I was missing something, but there is nothing to glean from this beyond the most juvenile broad strokes about identity. Any remarkable ideas The Substance draws out of you are an effect of having inherently provocative questions screamed in your face, not thoughtful filmmaking. Because Fargeat is actively distrustful of our ability to stay engaged she constantly falls back on over the top images and thudding cuts. It feels like watching a TikTok. The form…