Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Presence 2024

  ★½ Watched 26 Jan 2025

  Minus 2 stars for not being directed by an unknown indy filmmaker. Soddenburger has no excuses for this gimmicky trash.

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  Heretic 2024

  ★★½ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  If you’re going to subvert expectations, your subversion should be more interesting than the expectation.

Popular reviews

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  The Righteous 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jun 2022

  Kinda like if Eggers and Lanthimos had a baby and abandoned it in canada (in a good way).

  
  The Rio Theatre, Vancouver

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 21 Jul 2022 2

  Ok, third time not so charmed….

  I definitely get the one star reviews. I think if you don't buy into its vibe right away it would be a real slog. And if you take the messaging too seriously or try digging into the politics, it doesn't have a lot to offer. 

  It feels like a bit of a trojan horse for promoting traditional family values. Like maybe they should just get divorced? Maybe if you mom is a bigot she…