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Favorite films

  • Aftersun
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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  • White Chicks

    ½

  • It Chapter Two

    ½

  • By Design

    ½

  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    ½

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  • White Chicks

    White Chicks

    ½

    Maybe the most cringe inducing movie I’ve ever seen, and a far cry from being funny. Won’t ever forget this one (in a bad way).

  • It Chapter Two

    It Chapter Two

    ½

    This one was an absolute slog. Haven’t seen such a painful movie in a long time - at times it didn’t even look like the cast wanted to be in the scene any longer. Extremely bloated too - could have benefitted from trimming a lot of the fat.

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★½

    There is no question that Chris Nolan is a master director and it shows in the overall look and cinematography of Oppenheimer. I couldn’t help but wonder, though, if this film felt too much like an exercise I’m grandiosity and cinematic flexing than it was an exercise in delivering a compelling and worthwhile journey. It hardly resulted in the recalibration of my thoughts of the bomb, Oppenheimer, the American political system, World War Two, or anything. I simply left more…

  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★★

    The power of Aftersun is its capacity to evoke a sense of loss that not only stings your heart, but echoes in the deepest recesses of your mind well after the credits roll. Once this movie is finished, you will find yourself nostalgic for a person you never knew, but miss.

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