Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The 39 Steps 1935

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  i've become very interested in the idea of movies made at times when it must feel like the world is falling apart (for no particular reason.) not sure how much that had any particular relevance here, but felt worth noting

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  Philadelphia 1993

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  #39 in my Fifty States, Fifty Movies challenge, covering Pennsylvania

  definitely a bit dated, but it's so clear that this was just hugely important at its time. i liked it

Popular reviews

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Nov 2024

  blown away. everybody brought their A+ games, and the deep deep exploration of generational trauma (the train scene in particularly was beyond words good) was perfect. it's interesting to reflect on the idea that the generations before us lived through everything they did just for me to be posting silly movie reviews on a website, while also realizing that future generations will be thinking about our lives as *these times* rather than the mundane stuff that filled the gaps. good good stuff.

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  Glass Onion 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Nov 2022 5

  The last time I played Clue, my friend who organized the cards accidentally put two weapons in the answer pouch.  We spent two hours playing a game that couldn’t be won.  It really is a terrible game.