Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Considered leaving twice, unclear why.

  Has the same flavor of Everything Everywhere All at Once and Love Lies Bleeding, where you’re fully engaged and then some arbitrary comedy pulls focus and reminds you it’s got a CGI budget.

  Why does anthropomorphism have to be so cutesy all the time. Can’t they be disagreeable beyond looks? And we could still try?

  The Trump vocal exercise from Ruffalo did incite suicidal thoughts. All the elements are banging around in my head and…

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  The Crow 2024

  ★★ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  The heaviest hand hacking away with the dullest blade. Should’ve kept with the one and only. 

  Some stars for the Bill’s abs, limbo set design, and the aforementioned hacking.

Popular reviews

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  Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell 2023

  ★★★ Watched 02 Feb 2024

  Sometimes you look for your brother and god, and don’t find either. Such is life.

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  Snatch 2000

  ★★★½ Rewatched 20 Mar 2024 1

  Damn, this had topped the list for almost a decade and I watched it after a subtle sharp knife and it fell dull, heavily handed. 

  I was surprised to learn it was a Guy Ritchie film, and maybe knowing what I know now discolored my enjoyment. But it does still slap, just differently and with less sting.

  “Thanks Turkish, but I’m sweet enough.”