Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Departed 2006

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  ☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ 

  This is proof that Scorsese is a brilliant filmmaker because for a second he actually made me like Mark Wahlberg.

  
  This cast is insane and they all give great performances. Leonardo DiCaprio might be my favorite though; I can feel the anxious energy in his entire body whenever he’s on screen.

  This story is super tight too. It’s an adaptation of the 2002 Chinese film Internal Affairs but it’s still impressive feat, especially with…

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  The Big Lebowski 1998

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  This movie’s got so much style. Look at the directing in the opening bowling alley scene alone. This movie is special. Its characters, its story, its style. It’s all oozing wit and charm. The Coens are special, man. And Jeff Bridges was the perfect actor to play The Dude.

  All the actors here give great performances. John Goodman, Steven Buscemi, and Julianne Moore are amazing. Philip Seymour Hoffman is fantastic as Brandt. And of course, John Turturro steals the show…

Popular reviews

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  Ready or Not 2019

  ★½ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  This kind of horror-comedy doesn’t work for me. There were some cute moments but most of it felt bland and predictable. Watching it with friends made it better though.

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  I Saw the TV Glow 2024

  ★★★½ Rewatched 21 Feb 2025

  “time wasn’t right. it was moving too fast. i was 19, and then i was 20, and then i was 21. like chapters skipped over in a dvd. i told myself ‘this isn’t normal. this isn’t normal. this isn’t how life is supposed to feel.’”
  
  This is the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. Also strangely relatable considering that I’m a cis man. Watching it a second time, I once again felt like crawling into the fetal position and crying. Nothing…