Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Death of a Unicorn 2025

  ★★ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  I don't have much interesting to say here. Kind of a slog. Not particularly funny or scary. Paul Rudd seems either miscast or misused. I think they wanted him to be the straight man, but his character doesn't function that way, so he kind of just seems like he's in the wrong movie. Jenna Ortega and Will Poulter were both funny and I was stoked to see Anthony Carrigan (NoHo Hank!), who was also good.

  Caveat: I missed 15 minutes or so in the middle because I was changing a diaper and then feeding a baby.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  Mickey 17 is a real mix of highs and lows in a movie that is ultimately kind of a mess.

  Robert Pattinson is pretty phenomenal as the titular Mickey and all of his other incarnations. Insofar as the movie works, it works because of his often hilarious and occasionally moving performance. Steven Yuen is also very funny in a small part. I really like the look and feel of the sci-fi universe they've built here, which feels imaginative yet lived…

Popular reviews

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  Personal Shopper 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Apr 2024

  Dear Criterion 24/7,

  YOU'VE GOT TO WARN ME IF THE MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SPOOKY!

  Love,
  John

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  All of Us Strangers 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Jan 2024

  A beautiful, disorienting, and utterly devastating film.

  Want to remember: How Andrew Scott and Claire Foy filled my eyes with tears then immediately made me laugh, with only a slight change in the expression on their face.