Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mamma Mia! 2008

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  All men want is a chance to be one of the flipper guys in "Lay All Your Love On Me."

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  Moneyball 2011

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  This was playing on the Dartmouth Coach. First time seeing it since theaters, if you don't count my canonization as Allegra's friend that can't stop watching Moneyball Clips on TikTok.

  For me, this will always be THE Brad Pitt movie. His others movies, whichever ones like you more, have more objective strengths; this one is all fumes and charm and baseball. And how can you not be romantic about baseball?

Popular reviews

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  BlackBerry 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 04 May 2023 4

  Director Matt Johnson did a Q&A at IFC after—which spilled out to him just hanging out on 6th Ave—that clarified a lot of things I felt watching this movie. None of these quotes are literally accurate (do you think I'm the kind of guy who brings a notebook to movies?) but they are vibrationally accurate, like the film.

  On copyright: "I specifically tried to violate as many people's copyright as possible. It sucks when you're watching a movie and they're…

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Nov 2024 2

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