Em McMahon

Em McMahon Pro

queer/trans Philly musician
the opposite of a "why does every movie need a romance??" girlie

Favorite films

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Moonlight
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • Before Sunset

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  • Flow

    ★★★★

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★½

  • Ocean's Twelve

    ★★★½

  • Ocean's Eleven

    ★★★★½

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★

    A lot prettier in wide shots than in close-ups. Each animal looks kinda janky up close.

    Very affecting! Sweet but not cloying. Awesome sound design. Loved that the animals are just animals.

    More an "I love that this happened" than an "I love this movie" for me, but man do I love that this happened.

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★½

    In this movie, there's a fight sequence set to an R.E.M. needle drop and a Fantasia-esque montage featuring art deco visuals. In other words, I was guaranteed to love it.

    The script isn't special, and the voice acting is more good than great. But! It avoids a ton of cliché beats, and it has heart and visual gags to spare.

    Long live 2D animation.

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  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

    ★★★★½

    Finally filled in this gap, and no surprise, a perfect version of what it is.

    + Elliott Gould
    + Carl Reiner
    + Bernie Mac
    + Topher Grace as himself

    - whatever Don Cheadle's accent was
    - fewer A-frames than Lou Wilson led me to believe

  • The Fifth Element

    The Fifth Element

    ★★★★

    Hadn't seen this in like 20 years, happy to report it's a blast. Luc Besson loves breasts (gender neutral).

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