Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★½ Watched 28 Jan 2025

  The scene where they were wrestling around in the low-budget hotel room reminded me of the time we went to the Menil and I thought someone was having a medical episode on the floor but it was actually performance art

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  We Need to Talk About Kevin 2011

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Jan 2025

  Tough watch as a parent. Enjoyable overall, a little too much shakycam at some points and the soundtrack wasn't as strong as I would have liked. Plus, it was hard for me to take John C. Reilly seriously--more of a casting issue than an acting issue, I think.

Popular reviews

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  Poltergeist 1982

  ★★★ Watched 25 Sep 2018

  I'm not quite sure that we've hit peak eightiestude (eightiesness? whatever the appropriate word is for the property of embodying the 80s), but Poltergeist is pretty damn close. Everything from the camerawork to the house decor to the hairstyles is a product of its time in this fun, surprisingly family-friendly Tobe Hooper film. Shit got intense real quick; somewhere around the 30 minute mark we went from playing musical chairs in the kitchen to plants eating kids, closets eating kids,…

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  AM1200 2008

  ★★★ Watched 16 Sep 2018

  AM1200 is a well-executed short film—though I wouldn't consider it to be spectacular, there were a number of aspects that I did quite like. First, I felt that the film did a good job of building tension, both in the visual and auditory realms (the use of silence was excellent). I do always appreciate when a film can get it done without needing to lean too heavily on jump scares, loud noises, etc.

  Additionally, I thought the pacing was quite…