Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 20 Apr 2020

  I used to think this movie was about second chances.  Now I think it’s about how we’re doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

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  Tigertail 2020

  ★★★ Watched 19 Apr 2020

  a little disappointing. too all over the place.

Popular reviews

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  Lady Bird 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Nov 2017 1

  This is the most relatable and genuine coming-of-age film I’ve seen. Saoirse Ronan totally shines as the future cool girl who’s still trying to find her place. Everything is spot on: the rocky love of mother-daughter relationships in your teenage years, wanting to the leave the close-minded town you’ve always known, buying lottery tickets and cigarettes at the gas station the day you turn 18, the special-ness of high school theater (and then dating the gay guy in theater), feeling…

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  The Disaster Artist 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Dec 2017

  I walked in hoping this film would make me laugh, and I walked out impressed at how #deep it is. It really shows the bravery in being creative/making art and having to bare our souls to the world for scrutiny.

  AKA when everyone laughed at Tommy during the premiere of The Room and the camera panned over to his crumpling face, I thought: Do we forget to think about the person who created the work when we ridicule, laugh, and…