Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  X-Men: Apocalypse 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 18 May 2016 2

  *thinks about an alternate universe in which Bryan Singer gives the film's emotional trajectory to Jean Grey instead of Magneto*

  WE COULD HAVE HAD IT AAAAAaaAAAAAALLLLLLLL ROLLING IN THE DeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEP

  Still. 3.5 stars for Quicksilver.

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  Team Foxcatcher 2016

  ★★★ Watched 03 May 2016

  This was less of a documentary and more of a recount of the events leading up to and surrounding the tragic loss of Dave Schultz. Probably unintentionally, the true underscore of this film is the way it highlights America's disturbingly casual attitude toward guns and sad lack of awareness about mental illness.

Popular reviews

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  Gone Girl 2014

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Oct 2014

  There is one particular scene in this film that will undoubtedly become a historical classic for its masterful technique, confronting visual impact, and the way it makes your skin crawl with horrified amazement.

  Fincher, you never let me down.

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  Men, Women & Children 2014

  ★★ Watched 30 Nov 2014 3

  About fifteen minutes before watching this film I was having a conversation about how uneducated parents seem to be these days on the adult content of video games. The amount of ignorant parents purchasing or hiring Grand Theft Auto V for their ten-year-olds is shocking and sad.

  Men, Women & Children, a film about the pseudo-universe that is social media, tells a similar story. The characters interact with each other among various corners of the internet - Facebook, Tumblr, MMORPGs, dating…