Lauren O'Brien

Lauren O'Brien

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  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★★

  • Punch-Drunk Love

    ★★★★½

  • Spanglish

    ★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

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  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★★

    I really enjoyed this movie. My only complaint was i saw it with a 2 year old and so i was viewing it more critically and there were a lot of sexual jokes that didn't need to be there. They were funny and great for a PG13 animated film but not needed in PG. They were no worse than what I was raised with but it's 2025 and I think we need to move away from the weird grooming culture…

  • Punch-Drunk Love

    Punch-Drunk Love

    ★★★★½

    Not always the easiest watch but a deeply validating and human watch, strange and unusual, relatable, lonely, and lovely.

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★½

    I haven't cried like that at a closing scene in a theater in forever, in fact maybe only one other time during the closing scene of Call Me By Your Name as Elio sits by a crackling fire with Sufjan Stevens haunting lyrics echoing. I cried for similar reasons: for CMBYN, the pain of the ineffable power dynamics of loving a much older man while still learning about love and self in a very genuine and earnest yet naive way;…

  • A Classic Horror Story

    A Classic Horror Story

    ★★★½

    Blair Witch + Midsommar + Cabin in the Woods + a few others

    I liked that they drew from other horror movies, hence "a classic horror story," but also it didn't add that much. Definitely enjoyed the twist and the cultlike elements in parallel to the mafia. Maybe I would enjoy this more if I knew more about Mafia lore. Worth a watch.

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