Favorite films

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  The Actor 2025

  Watched 16 Mar 2025

  The second movie in as many days that I saw about an individual experiencing personality crisis through memory loss (the first being Mulholland Drive). This one is a deeply Charlie Kaufman-coded story (which makes sense, given he is an Executive Producer on this and has co-directed with Duke Johnson in the past). The surreal nature of the film also gives way to some "Lynchian" moments. André Holland is great; it's incredible how grounded he remains through (most of) the picture…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  Watched 09 Mar 2025

  By turns poignant, hilarious, heartbreaking, thoughtful. It places the themes of morality, purpose, and motivation right in your face, and picks them apart. Pattinson’s Mickey 17 lacks vision, until he meets the Creepers, and then he’s granted the gift of mystery. For that reason, it’s impossible to simply continue on with life as usual - particularly since his newest peer - and clone, Mickey 18 - has only one will, and that is to live. The characters are acted out…

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  Watched 18 Sep 2024

  The geometric settings and incredible palette choices combine with a dreadful sense of foreboding, an aura of paranoia, and overtones of self-loathing. By the time the outrageous, extensive and genuinely insane conclusion rolls along there's already been such a massive psychic assault that it almost seems like a logical conclusion, a visual and external validation of and counterpart to the horrors that have already been unleashed on us. A singular achievement.

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  Dirty Harry 1971

  Rewatched 14 Jun 2024 3

  I forgot how much meandering around the mean city streets of San Fran there was back in the day here. Really did not anticipate how much Clint is just walking around violating procedure and rights. Nor how damn cool he looks in those little square shades of his. Beautifully shot in close up, mid range, long shot, and also .44 scope. Brilliant.