Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Electric State 2025

  Watched 26 Mar 2025

  Well and truly terrible, just like the trailers made it out to be and what everyone here has already said so why did I even bother. I was struggling to remember how the movie began by the time the credits began to roll, which I'm sure bodes well for how well the rest of this will stay in my mind.

  Cliché upon cliché upon cliché in the script, with the Markus / McFeely combo doing what they do best; writing…

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  The Hurt Locker 2008

  Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Am I crazy? This movie is weird, right? Directed by a woman, covering a contemporary war and seemingly having a negative opinion of not only the men involved in the war, but also being sympathetic towards the horrific ordeals they are forced to put up with for being in it. The writer, Mark Boal, was embedded into an american EOD unit during this exact war and claims that a lot of the script was based on first hand experience, and…

Popular reviews

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  September 5 2024

  Watched 17 Oct 2024

  This is a movie I have almost nothing to say about. It's a very well made film with some really good performances, ben chaplin in particular stood out to me, but the script is too eager to avoid the real issues in favor of the qualms of the TV crew who reported on it. And yeah... that's what it says on the tin but I was hoping for something a bit more... thrilling in my goddamn thriller? This movie also…

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  The Menu 2022

  Watched 24 Nov 2022

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