Favorite films

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  The lighthearted dystopian starship troopersesque romcom i didn't know i'd been waiting for. A complete delight all around. I'm glad this isn't making money so far so the warner bros people don't try to make a Max original tv show out of it. I love that rob pattinson brings wacky character actor energy to all of his lead roles, it's really something we need more of in movies. Give that man at least two oscars (or don't, that'd probably be more appropriate).

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  Good Bye, Lenin! 2003

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  A sweet movie about lying to old people and the end of the GDR. My main complaint is I wish we'd spent more time with the old people. Much as I may like Daniel Brühl, the old people really should have been the heart and soul of this movie. The ones who really bought into the GDR, who were model citizens only to be unceremoniously thrown to the capitalist winds. Man, I'd watch a movie just about them.

Popular reviews

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  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist 2008

  ★ Watched 23 Oct 2014 1

  This is not a movie. It's an 8th grader's fantasy of what high school will toooootally be like. It's exactly as profound as that sounds.

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  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014

  ★½ Rewatched 05 Jan 2015 8

  Maybe I just enjoy pain. Maybe I couldn't believe my own incredulous reaction to this film that's currently making the rounds in awards season. But for whatever reason, I coughed up another $12 ($12!!!!!) to see Birdman again, and, well, I'm sad to report back that it's still just as braindead, just as pedantic, just as unfunny, just as self-congratulatory, and just as condescending as I remember.

  Watching it a second time, I think I figured out my problem with…