jakeb1023

jakeb1023

Favorite films

  • Lamb
  • The Lighthouse
  • The Shape of Water
  • The Wicker Man

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  • Knives Out

    ★★★★½

  • Cry-Baby

    ★★★½

  • Pig

    ★★★★½

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  • Knives Out

    Knives Out

    ★★★★½

    An instant favorite the first time. Even better the second time.

  • Cry-Baby

    Cry-Baby

    ★★★½

    One injection of pure John Waters' camp and 50s Grease-satirizing nostalgia straight into my queer veins, please. An unashamed celebration/mockery of American trash beloved by homosexuals and rednecks alike. Only complaint is that it wasn't nearly gay enough.

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  • Pig

    Pig

    ★★★★½

    This is a story about a guy searching for his pig. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing in this movie is unnecessary. It's short, it's simple, and it doesn't need to be anything more than what it is. It takes so much restraint to figure out how to cut a movie down to exactly what it should be, but the director did so perfectly. I'm shocked that this is his first film. It's beautiful, it's melancholy, it's mysterious, it's funny. Almost…

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