Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Moon 2009

  ★★★ Rewatched 24 Feb 2025

  Moon is a beautiful essay on loneliness and the workers dilemma. We're people, not robots. We deserve dignity and freedom, and corporations shouldn't be allowed to lie to us in order to keep us complacent.

  Moon is slower and longer than it probably needs to be. It captures 2001's whole vibe, shares some of its flaws, but overall improves upon the subgenre of... What can we call this? Space Noir?

  Noir isn't just dames and booze and snub-nose .38s. Its…

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  Encanto 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Something is keeping me from giving it 5 stars. Idk what though. it's a beautiful movie, packed with layers of gorgeous detail, great music... I want to say it's a great message but as I write this, was the message a little muddy? Did I miss some crucial information? Something is weird and I can't place it right now. But 95% amazing is still damn amazing.

Popular reviews

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  Storm Fear 1955

  ★★★ Watched 26 Nov 2023

  Ya know, for all of it's faults there are some golden moments. Beyond the corny family melodrama and deadly mountain storm that never seems to stop anyone, I could watch Edna and Benjie argue for the whole movie. Two smaller roles elevated to greatness by just chewing the shit out of the scenery.

  My biggest concern: if the kid isn't bright enough to figure out who his real father is until the very end of the movie, maybe you don't…

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  The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 09 May 2024

  Ok so... I'm conflicted.
  I liked it. I liked all the individual ingredients. But I'm left unsatisfied and I'm not sure why. Something in the way it all wraps up feels... Rushed? Unfinished? I don't know.

  Meta-fact: I watched AoJD on The Last Drive In on Shudder and while usually that enhances the viewing experience, I'm wondering if I need to watch it again, uninterrupted. Joe Bob and Darcy's antics pulled me out of what could have been a building…