Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Two-Lane Blacktop 1971

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Jan 2025

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Popular reviews

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  Leaving Las Vegas 1995

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Sep 2021 2

  "I think the thing is...we both realized that we didn't have that much time. And I accepted him for who he was and I didn't expect him to change...and I think he felt that for me too. I liked his drama. And he needed me. I loved him."

  Possibly one of the saddest films I've ever seen. Absolutely the best Cage performance, but Shue 100% gives him a run for his money. Leaving Las Vegas is a raw, tragic, and…

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  Trouble in Mind 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Jul 2021

  “Everybody wants to go to Heaven; nobody wants to die.”

  I can’t fkn stop thinking about this absolutely bonkers film! So zany that you truly just get to be immersed in an elaborate, seedy world. One of those films you just lean into and let wash over you, scene by scene. 

  The costume, casting, lighting, set design…I mean Divine plays a corrupt gangster gentleman who hates woman (especially his mother). We truly can’t ask for more. Everyone is either extremely…