Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Wanda 1970

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Aloof and unmoored, Wanda wanders through life, often at the will of duplicitous men.

  As the first major motion picture written, directed by, and starring a woman, this is an important artifact. But it’s also a fascinating and fearless piece of cinema, regardless of those qualifiers.

  Unafraid to portray a somewhat unlikeable protagonist, Barbara Loden gives us a brave and complicated film to consider. It’s all unexpectedly existential and sad. Wanda feels as authentic as she does frustrating, and we…

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  Borderline 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Pretty fun little movie, though I feel like it really begins 40 minutes in. I like Samara Weaving a lot, and nepo-baby Ray Nicholson delivers a wickedly charming performance to make his daddy proud.

  He definitely has a thing for pop stars! (Smile 2)

Popular reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  This is like the perfect four-star movie. Beautiful cast, tight script, taut runtime, lean, funny, entertaining, intriguing, easy-to-follow, loved it.

  So cool that SS released this just a few months after Presence, which I also really enjoyed!

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2025 6

  A beautiful Bong hit!

  Oh, I loved this so much. I love when I have the itch that a film’s gonna be a 5, and then it’s like a 6! Hell, 17! I sat in seat D17 in front of that beautiful IMAX screen and had a helluva good time!!!

  This is just such a banger. I love when something is really smart and really stupid in equal measure. 

  It’s bold, it’s bonkers, it’s timely AF, full of unsubtle and…