Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  You've Got Mail 1998

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Mar 2025

  Never felt more seen then when Meg Ryan, after her shop closes, sits on the floor of her bedroom with her bowl of something right next to her perfectly made bed.

  Such a testament to Nora that she includes the Meg and Greg break-up scene in the movie AND it’s a more sophisticated piece of writing than what you see in about 96% of movies.

  This is my mom’s favorite movie (impeccable taste) so I’ve seen it a gazillion times, and it’s just one of those things that get richer with age each time you return to it.

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  I’ll take 67 more cold-as-dry-ice twisty tales about hot and well-dressed psychopaths please, Mr. Soderbergh.

Popular reviews

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  Wicked 2024

  ★★★ Watched 23 Nov 2024 1

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

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  Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning 2023

  ★★ Watched 19 Jul 2023 1

  As these have gotten more serialized they’ve also gotten more stale. The first joke in this movie doesn’t come until like 30 minutes in. Everyone is dead behind the eyes.

  Plot is hopelessly convoluted. The Entity is stupid, a drunken brainstorming idea in search of menace. Some real screenwriter brainworms to believe anyone cares about Ethan Hunt’s origin story. 

  Pulls the same prank as M:I 2 by having Ethan fall in love with a random hot thief and dedicate his…