Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Void 2016

  ★★ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  this is like nine movies in one. and morally weird. and also kind of conservative.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Jan 2025

  the epilogue left me wishing it had been tied up a little differently, but the first 2/3rds is incredible and the soundtrack is so very epic.

Popular reviews

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  The Batman 2022

  ★ Watched 19 Mar 2022 1

  this movie is a massive waste of time and a bummer of a way to be reminded of how most of america imagines itself. there’s a whole blue lives matter copaganda overtone. they took half an idea of how to make a different kind of batman, alluded to that idea (but never gave a crumb of explanation) by just playing a Nirvana song twice, completely ignored any cultural or social context, and said “uWu we are so liberal rawr xD.” the…

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★ Watched 03 Jan 2025

  yes, i would rather live in a world where directors with these kinds of resources want to make a biopic about literally any other five-year-period of bob dylan’s life. but i live in this world, where the most famous songwriter is played by the most famous actor in a movie that takes place during the most famous and well documented period of both of their lives, at least that’s how a friend of mine framed it. and it’s true. but,…