Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954

  Watched 21 Mar 2025

  I like that this opens in a dusty town with a dirt road just to remind you that this is all happening concurrent with Cowboy Times. 71 years later and the giant squid attack sequence is still incredibly thrilling and probably more lifelike than any image in the live action Disney movie that came out yesterday. Hated every time people were mean to poor lil' Peter Lorre.

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  The Shrouds 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Had a heck of a time following where exactly this was going on a narrative level (There's a playfulness on Cronenberg's part in leaving exactly how much the conspiracy stuff ultimately matters to the audience) but emotionally it kind of blew me away.

  Feels thoroughly of a piece with Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital in its exploration of the living trying to understand the dead through their corporeal remains - now that I think of it Tsukamoto is very akin to Cronenberg…

Popular reviews

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  Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997

  ★ Watched 28 Dec 2020 3

  Willem Dafoe has a jar of leeches who he refers to as his boys

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  Abduction 2011

  ★ Watched 02 Jul 2021 1

  There is genuinely a scene in this studio blockbuster that has Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins bonding over making fun of photos of missing children