Favorite films

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  Inception 2010

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 29 Mar 2025

  Why the hell was I so down on this the last time I watched it? I must have been grouchy. Still an absolute blast, and for all its sci fi concepts and conceits it's ultimately a classic heist story about a seasoned thief who brings his personal issues into the job and mucks everything up.

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  my experiences with the paranormal, the otherworldly, and the generally bothersome

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  I'm very skeptical of most if not all things paranormal, and yet I absolutely love listening to people share their ghost, UFO and other such spooky stories. It creeps me out in a way most movies don't because there is that element of earnest, personal authenticity to their telling—and it doesn't hurt that they're most often told at night, around a fire or the glow of a signed-off television channel. For me, this was a cozy and eerie bedtime story that I could zone out to.

Popular reviews

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  Jaws 1975

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Jul 2021

  Reminder that the children's karate class is still at large and chopping up picket fences and bicycle wheels with their bare hands while Brody fucks off to a boat for a few days to kill a shark.

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★★ Added

  Three things about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood:

  1. I went into this movie feeling really iffy about the Sharon Tate/Manson family aspect of it and not expecting to like it at all, but I ended up seeing it three times in theatres this year and it's in my top five for 2019. I guess Quentin grew up a bit.

  2. Tarantino's discussed his love of "hangout movies," and that's what this is. Clear out a three-hour block, get…