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Favorite films

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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  • Speed Racer

    ★★★★★

  • Chungking Express

    ★★★★★

  • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

    ★★★½

  • That Thing You Do!

    ★★★★½

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  • La La Land

    La La Land

    ★★★★★

    I need the first half of this movie to happen to me

  • Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

    ½

    Rats shouldn’t cook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

    ★★★★½

    I was listening to the Wonders back when they were the Oneders

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ½

    Tinkering with human embryos will certainly be worth the risk

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★★

    Christopher Nolan's best by a clear margin. I'm fascinated with how he plays with subjective narration and linear storytelling, switching between Oppenheimer and Strauss's experiences and relating the story in a series of extended flashbacks initiated in testimony that unravel until the truth of Oppenheimer and Strauss's relationship is revealed. The film is only partially about Oppenheimer's reservations about the bomb and his role in its creation. His political persecution after the war is equally important, the Atomic Energy Commission's…

  • Gone Girl

    Gone Girl

    ★★★★½

    Woman moves to Missouri, goes insane