Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023

  ½ Watched 17 Feb 2025

  WHAT IF we revisited the best world to come out of the 00's YA dystopian boom but made it obvious and flat and boring? And just in case you were able to look past that, we added a Roma-coded manic pixie dream girl?

  
  (I did not enjoy this movie.)

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  Cuckoo 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  Dan Stevens cannot go too big. Sorry, science. The limit does not exist.
  Hunter Schaefer is great as a disaffected teen. The monster design is fun. I really liked it.

Popular reviews

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  A House on the Bayou 2021

  ★★★ Watched 25 Apr 2023

  This is not a good movie, but I liked it.

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  Talk to Me 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Jul 2023

  Tense and frightening throughout. Rich characterization and effective exploration of difficult themes without being heavy-handed.