Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  But I'm a Cheerleader 1999

  ★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Imagine this was incendiary at the time it was released but feels dated now, which I think might be a good thing?

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  September 5 2024

  ★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Revisiting a tragedy through the lens of a newsroom is a strong intellectual premise. Placing the machinations in the newsroom at the center with the tragedy as context is not. Am I supposed to care that ABC beat CBS to the coverage? Celebrate when they successfully smuggle film reels into the Olympic village? Fist pump when they sneak the ABC logo into the CBS broadcast? All in the name of broadcasting a hostile act of terrorism that left 11 Israelis dead and not even doing a good job of it? I’m good. Not sure how this one got green-lit. weird vibes.

Popular reviews

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  Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States 2012

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Sep 2022

  Destroys the myths of American exceptionalism with a fact-filled wrecking ball. Affirmed some existing suspicions and brought to light further compelling evidence most of us have not considered.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  I was ready to lock it in as my best picture pick at intermission, but the 2nd half drifted a little too far off the rails - the defining scene simply did not register as believable to me. In contrast to the steady forward momentum of the first act, it played as rushed and heavy-handed - almost a manifestation of a lack of confidence. “You get the point of the story, right? RIGHT? I’m just going to make it 10000%…