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Recent reviews

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  Good Will Hunting 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  this fucking script sang itself into my gray matter and its strange oxymoronic cadence (drawling but quick; hushed but booming) stunned me so soundly that of course there it had to stick. i understand so much more. the reason there are so many damn clips of this movie on ig reels. the stupid, stupid machismo of men in the 90s. the allure of a good accent. the firm and steady hand selfless love takes when it reshapes somebody. the tender…

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  National Theatre Live: Vanya 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Andrew Scott is a generation-defining artist and he fills the stage and the house with his bark and sensuality like liquid courage filling up a container or michael’s head and it’s never silly unless he means for it to be because it’s honestly mostly deeply sad. That’s Chekhov for you. anw i hope the NYT doesnt take down Jesse Green’s review i could NOT agree with anything more

Popular reviews

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  nothing like paul mescal and the crushing, pathognomonic loneliness of being an only child to make me cry while im on my meds

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

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