Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  “My life sucks, I shoot up while I listen to Spike Jones on the radio,” tragedy notwithstanding, do you know how good you’ve got it?

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  All This and World War II 1976

  ★★★½ Watched 31 Dec 2024

  A record exec dreamt this one night, had it in production by the morning, and ended up with a proto-Adam Curtis-Atomic Cafe record spot turned weird, soppy goof—sleeper best use of “The End,” Elton at Midway’s worth the watch, it’s all Woodstock-grade cutting on future WWII In Color clips—got pulled by Fox in a week, but they put Wizards out the next year; you could take a quaalude before bed, witness the Seven Dwarfs hanging Mussolini to “Jet,” and have a major studio rollout

Popular reviews

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2024

  Finally, Bill Maher's Benadryl visions, transcribed for generations to come

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ★½ Watched 31 Jul 2024

  The baby in the fourth row, taken to the latest screening of the night against all odds, will soon find itself in time’s grasp, wistful longing glazing the eyes, recalling at once the semblance of a first memory: “your crazy matches my crazy” getting an audible “YES!” from a guy behind me