Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Gender Reveal 2024

  ★★½ Watched 08 Sep 2024

  Entertaining and fun enough but doesn't entirely work. The first few minutes feel essentially useless and the final minutes feel like they should have gone bigger and more outrageous than they actually did.

  Also, the final line of the film felt like it sent a message that the filmmaker really didnt intend.

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  Stomach Bug 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 08 Sep 2024

  A masterful horror short. Every technical aspect was so well done and the central theme was not one I have seen done in horror before. This director has the potential to be a new horror great.

Popular reviews

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  The Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, But He Fools Them 1902

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2020

  The Boys may never recover after this one.

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  Lost River 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Apr 2015

  For Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River is a superbly atmospheric, and wonderfully directed film. From the abandoned city at the beginning of the film, to the seedy nightclub, Lost River's world is consistently oozing with a gloomy mystery.

  Within some aspects of the film Gosling's inspirations are clear, such as the Refn inspired soundtrack of ambiance and synth with often neon-on-dark cinematography; however, the styles are pulled off wonderfully with enough originality that paves the way for Gosling's future as…