Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Lola 1961

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Ah the French, they love their fast cars, fainting spells, cigarettes, gorgeous black and white cinematography, etc.
  Such an interesting and lovely time.

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  Last Summer 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Disgust generated more from the denial of wrongdoing than from the wrongdoing itself. Sensuality turned to an act of supreme transgression. This is the first Breillat film I've seen, but I'm sure I'm going to be taken by her work.

Popular reviews

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  Smile 2 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Oct 2024

  Nasty, gory, and every bit as terrifying and mind-bending as the first film. However, the "twisty" ending falls flat by being incredibly obvious from the jump. Everything that takes us to that ending is absolutely worth the thrilling ride, though.
  Naomi Scott will probably not get an Oscar nomination for this, but so many horror fans' fake Oscars will have her as a nominee, and she deserves at LEAST that.

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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★½ Added

  Aesthetically this is fantastic. My favorite things are when the night/darkness scenes are in black and white, and the little flashes of color during those scenes makes it even more fun and cool.
  This film is brutal in several moments and is largely upsetting in its overall implications. There's not much good that really happens in this. I expected it to be bleak, but somehow I feel like watching The Witch would be an easier rewatch than this. That's not…