Ellen J

Ellen J

Just drifting, here in the pool.

Favorite films

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • When Harry Met Sally...

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  • Heretic

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Companion

    ★★★½

  • Challengers

    ★★★½

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  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    I believe this is a cautionary tale for the youth who have been insisting, “let him cook”.

    There are some people you simply should not allow to cook - not a pie, and definitely not on religious theory.

    But yeah first half is great, between this and Companion I am fully bought into Sophie Thatcher’s stardom. The ending didn’t work for me but I really enjoyed every prop getting paid off.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    R pats may be my favorite actor now??? He’s so fantastic in this, such a little freak, continuing his fascinating weird voice work from The Boy and the Heron. 

    Love R pats, love the creepers, love that this movie dares to ask “would you have a threesome with yourself”! Didn’t love the insert of Trump, felt a little on the nose without exploring it very deeply. But I really do love Toni Collette! 

    If I ever have the urge to rewatch then I’ll bump this to four stars!

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  • Titane

    Titane

    ★★★★½

    Julia Ducournau might be, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest directors alive. This movie didn’t speak to me on quite a spiritual level like Raw did because I’ve never been pregnant. But I can nonetheless align with finding pregnancy so horrifying that one would do the second most horrifying thing to counteract it, which is become one with toxic masculinity.

    I am not a horror girlie but there is something so thrilling about seeing the most visceral, unhinged,…

  • Thelma

    Thelma

    ★★★★

    There is so much to love about this, and I trust every other reviewer will give June Squibb her much deserved flowers. June is the star of the film, but I was also just tickled by how my own back yard North Hollywood is the other star of the film!!! The lamp store is gone but what a memorial it has in this film.

    And finally someone has taken advantage of just how unsettling those streets with the big power…

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