Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  The Monkey 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  The Monkey is a wildly entertaining blend of horror and dark humor, packed with delightfully campy kills. While it retains the short story’s themes of childhood and generational trauma, it’s almost entirely its own thing. That said, the writing is sharp, and Theo James delivers a surprisingly funny performance. Overall, a solid watch.

  Stick around after the credits if you’re curious—there’s a teaser for Perkins’ next film, Keeper.

• 

  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Feb 2025

  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 seamlessly blends the plots of the previous films with elements from Sonic Adventure 2, but for me, the real magic lies in Jim Carrey’s comedic timing. He perfectly channels the energy of his iconic ’90s roles, bringing a nostalgic charm that I absolutely love. As a family film, it stands out as one of the best in the series—easily the strongest Sonic movie yet. I wasn’t a fan of how the second film handled humor compared…

Popular reviews

• 

  The Shining 1980

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 May 2020

  May 23, 2020

  I fucking love the Shining, and today marks the 40th anniversary of the film, which has become my all-time favorite horror film. There are many, many close seconds, such as Jaws, Halloween, and the Thing, but somehow the Shining manages to steal my imagination like no other film in its genre. I love the novel too. Though different from one another, I respect the changes from novel to film. I’ve never been a purist when it comes…

• 

  Death by Hanging 1968

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Jun 2020

  I wasn’t ready for Death by Hanging. It’s downright hilarious. It channels Dr. Strangelove in the sense that it takes a satirical approach to some heavy subject matter, such as capital punishment, and the treatment towards immigrants. The film does a wonderful switch in the beginning of the film where it starts like a documentary against capital punishment. When it gets to the execution of convicted rapist and murderer, and Korean immigrant, R, the execution gets botched, and then the story just goes all out. “Should we execute him again?” “We didn’t execute him the first time!” I loved it. It’s wild.