Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mistress America 2015

  ★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  Greta Gerwig is nothing short of marvelous here. And this script reaches Wilde-ean levels of zaniness, poignancy, hilarity, and quotability.

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  The Notebook 2004

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  One of the best final scenes in a romance movie ever???

Popular reviews

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★★ Watched 18 Dec 2024

  I completely understand why many respected critics and awards committees have been tricked into thinking this very mid movie is an excellent one. It “deals” with several incredibly hot button topics and has about three or four great scenes with a lot of flashy distractions in between them so that, overall, this resembles something of an important, audacious film. However, we must not confuse audacious and bold and button pressing as good. It is not good. It refuses to afford…

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  SNL50: The Anniversary Special 2025

  Watched 17 Feb 2025

  Positively humiliating how much I cared about this!