Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Lady Bird 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  "It's sort of like a skinny post route"

  nuff said. had me in stitches

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  Prisoners 2013

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025 1

  Given my extremely loud and documented hatred of Villeneuve, I didn't hate this! In totality, what I enjoyed is some of the intensity and suspense building that Villeneuve is able to capture. I think this is also the best script he's ever worked with. The dialogue is the most interesting and the script actually had themes and motifs.

  But that's kind of the extent of my praise. The key moment of the film is a push in shot of a…

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★ Watched 29 Feb 2024

  Dune 2 stars.

  I walked out of the theater having been floored by the fact that 2nd movie somehow had more to say than the 1st, while also conveying precisely zero emotional, thematic or even… interesting ideas.

  Dune Shart 2 left me floored by how big it was that it forgot to tell a story. Or to have interesting characters. Or to generate conflict and resolution. Actions happen therefore the plot is advanced only each action is more undefined than…

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  The Iron Claw 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Dec 2023 1

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