Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Much more "from the director of Snowpiercer" than the "Parasite" tone the ad campaign is trying to imply – and whether that's a good or bad thing is up to you! Enjoyably broad, is what I'm trying to say, with everyone going bozo mode a lot of the time. Mickey #17 is a terrific weird, sad gremlin performance from Pattinson which is most of what I was looking for. Really liked the sci-fi production design, intentionally sterile but distinct enough…

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  Heart Eyes 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  Fun! Went into this nearly blind, apart from the poster and logline, and really enjoyed the way this slasher story unfolded.
  Very much a Scream-alike, but I really don't care if a movie's premise is derivative so long as it finds its own voice along the way, and Heart Eyes goes beyond the black-comedy who's-under-the-mask gimmickery to carve out its own humorous niche. Realizing I may well be a sap who likes romcoms because I found myself enjoying that half…

Popular reviews

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  Phantom of the Paradise 1974

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2024

  Totally loved this gorgeous movie!! It felt like every minute De Palma would deploy the most incredible shot I'd ever seen in a movie, only to one-up the staging and shooting in the very next scene. Fantastical yet tactile, wildly exaggerated but with an honest emotional core, blending a half-dozen influences yet feeling wholly new and distinctive. Such a enrapturing viewing to see something that has influenced so many artists (cinematic and otherwise - immediately got the impact this must…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Jul 2023

  I was anticipating a good time and this certainly exceeded my expectations. Hilarious and tons of fun with a big audience. Although I surely missed a lot of Barbie "lore" gags and some of the more heartfelt (or at least corporate "we're laughing at ourselves AND patting ourselves on the back!") moments didn't quite hit for me, really enjoyed the production design and especially the committed performances at the center of the movie. From the toy-logic plastic dreamhouses to the…