Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  I honestly don’t know where to begin. This movie is definitely on the upper echelon of its either you love or hate it and I found myself enjoying it. Don’t get me wrong it’s not perfect and honestly not even close. The visuals and vfx are laughably bad at times and acting is cringe at times, but this movie coasts on Coppola’s sheer audacity to just throw all conventions out the window and try something truly experimental. I’ve been tracking…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  An almost perfect representation of the immigrant experience. No matter how hard they try. Even so much as marrying to Americans and changing their last names, they’ll only ever at most be tolerated. Feels way too current unfortunately. Loved it. The music, the stylistic choices as an homage to the classic, the overture even the damn intermission. The pacing is great because this over 3 hour movie doesn’t feel nearly that long. 

  The reveal of the building and its design…

Popular reviews

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  Saltburn 2023

  ½ Watched 25 Jul 2024

  Forgot to log this even tho it’s been months since I’ve seen it that should tell you something. Honestly what a hollow movie that has themes but no guts to actually dive into them. Emerald why do you break my heart? Like someone I know said, instagramification of cinema. 

  P.S. Barry Keoghan should not be allowed to workshop ideas for a scene or give input ever again.

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  Felidae 1994

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  This is what happens when you get the darkness of a David fincher crime thriller and you put it in a Don Bluth animation style. Interesting film with many call backs to classic Frankenstein that is in a great way off putting because of its dark subject matter but because that animation style is so tied to such whimsical “PG” Don bluth films it’s subverted in a way. I love animated movies like this that are able to push the…