Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Elevation 2024

  ★½ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  Kinda fun, but also one of those movies that occasionally made me angry with how dumb it is. The monsters are Quiet Place rip offs and I’m not entirely sure Anthony Mackie has ever eaten Mac and Cheese before.

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  The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Her face acting in close up is like grinding in Tony Hawk and constantly being about to fall.

Popular reviews

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  Gladiator II 2024

  ★★ Watched 26 Jan 2025 2

  I’m not entirely sure why this movie exists. It was fine. What I would’ve killed to see is the Nick Cave sequel that actually had Maximus returning from the dead in an insane, time travel epic. Is the script anywhere? Let me know if you find it. 

  This film, however, had some cool action. I can’t say I loved the story, Paul and Pedro were fun and Denzel was under-utilized, but a blast. Maybe that attests to the bloated nature…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★ Watched 29 Dec 2024

  Probably controversial, but I’m just not a big Robert Eggers fan. I thought the movie was fine. Really gorgeous shots, but the editing drove me a little nuts. The acting was absolutely wild all around. I saw this film since I was interested in what Eggers would do to update this 100 year old story. I, like many of my students, probably saw and discussed the original film about 5-6 times in various classes. It was nice to see moments…