Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  All the President's Men 1976

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  enthralling political thriller about washington post journalists uncovering the watergate scandal. the camera is so static -- there's only four tracking shots in the whole movie that deliver emotional clarity or climactic breakthroughs (i.e. bernstein and woodward's first meeting for the former, bernstein's final source confirmation for the latter). the tension builds in the contrast between big/small, light/dark, good/evil -- you start the movie off with 18 seconds of silence and a fuzzy white screen, then smash into the first…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  fun to watch with a crowd, but a very middling satire in line with the rest of bong's english films (better than okja, worse than snowpiercer). instead of flippantly poking at the political (populism, space colonization, environment), would've preferred a tighter focus on memory and sense of self. (mild spoilers) the whole story is framed with flashback voiceover for the first half which gives weight to the fact that all the mickeys are continuous -- the voiceover drops when mickey…

Popular reviews

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  The Long, Hot Summer 1958

  ★★★ Watched 31 Mar 2018

  paul newman really out here lookin like a whole ass snack in his boxers and pillowcase

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Apr 2024 3

  i desperately need to get spitroas — i mean play tennis to this soundtrack