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  • There Will Be Blood

    ★★★½

  • Companion

    ★★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

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  • There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood

    ★★★½

    I get the appeal! But something was lacking.

    My initial takeaway of the twins, Eli and Paul, was that Eli had a split personality. I found it a bit jarring that they were played by the same actor and were in fact, different people. Another inconsistency I’d felt was Daniel’s character being so concerned with being perceived as a stand up parent to the point where he threatened someone’s life over it, only to then disown the son he had essentially…

  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★★

    Out of this world good!
    One of the most well written screenplays I’ve probably ever seen. Acting was incredible, the reveals were inventive, humor was on point, and on and on. Just truly one of the most unexpected and well made films in its genre.

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  • Queer

    Queer

    ½

    Where do I even begin? This was a mess of a film. 

    Queer is divided into three chapters. The first chapter felt like a traditional narrative following Daniel Craig’s, Lee, chasing prospective sexual encounters quite aimlessly — and slightly predatorily. There was little in his conversations with any character throughout the film that were substantive in any meaningful way, and the intent behind his encounter with Drew Starkey’s, Eugene, the relationship the film was supposedly focusing on most, was communicated…

  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★★

    Nic Cage in drag is the performance I never knew I needed

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