Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Tallulah 2016

  ★★½ Watched 31 Jul 2016

  Probably not purposeful but this felt like an unfunny spiritual sequel to Juno. Allison Janney is perfect as always but Ellen Page does not compel me, and the plot seemed half-baked.

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  The Piano 1993

  ★★★ Watched 18 Jul 2016

  The first female-directed film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Honestly, I didn't love it. The story was interesting and Anna Paquin was amazing (I believe she also won an Oscar for best supporting actress and perhaps is the youngest person to ever have won?) But the rest of the acting was meh, Holly Hunter's character just pissed me off, Harvey Kietel with face tattoos is not sexy, and some of the scenes were a little racist? Whatever, maybe it's a 1993 thing and I just don't get it. Objectively a good film but eh.

Popular reviews

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  Magic Mike XXL 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Dec 2015

  The feminist manifesto I never knew I always needed.

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  The Wolfpack 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2015

  Title: The Wolfpack
  Director: Crystal Moselle
  Year: 2015

  This documentary about a unique group of siblings raised in the confinement of their Manhattan project-housing apartment was a little over-hyped, but still worth watching. Some parts seemed a little bit overly dramatic to me, like they were being massaged too much to keep things strictly documentary. However, the subject matter is fascinating - a documentarian's dream find. My favorite thing about the Angulo brothers is that they actually talk like they're…