Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mary Poppins 1964

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025 1

  The kids creep me out. Sorry.

  Dick rules. Julie Andrews most beautiful human ever.

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  The Sound of Music 1965

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025 1

  This movie is so important to my family that my grandmother literally watched it on her deathbed and yet I somehow still have never seen it. Not a St. Patrick’s Day film per se but she was super Irish so it counts. 

  Sound of Music 🤝 Casablanca
  I weep when they sing the rebel song in open defiance of the Nazis

Popular reviews

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  In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Feb 2023 1

  Not so much a history of the band, but more a deep dive into what it means to be part of something bigger than yourself. The story of King Crimson is kinda tragic in some ways: A bunch of newcomers hit it big the same year they will ultimately split up. But this movie doesn’t dwell on what could’ve been, instead it chooses to celebrate how being part of a band- or really any artistic group- is like being in…

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  Matt Rife: Natural Selection 2023

  ½ Watched 21 Nov 2023 1

  Ohhhhhh my god so fucking bad. Probably the worst stand up special I’ve ever seen. Not even good for a hate watch with the fellas. Just an hour of the most meandering and pointless set-ups, only for him to eventually hit the audience with a Boomer joke or a “and then everyone clapped!” self-righteous ego wank. That and the domestic abuse comment, of course.

  That’s the other thing too. This is perhaps the angriest special I’ve seen. Matt rambles on and…