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Favorite films

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Interstellar

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  • Back in Action

    ★★½

  • Mothers' Instinct

    ★★★

  • Twisters

    ★★½

  • Triangle of Sadness

    ★★½

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  • Back in Action

    Back in Action

    ★★½

    Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, Jamie Demetriou, Fola Evans-Akingbola... Great cast meets Netflix action thriller. Entertaining but also painful at times.

  • Mothers' Instinct

    Mothers' Instinct

    ★★★

    A cautionary tale about how guilt and regret can absolutely destroy a person. Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain are actually insane. The acting is so good. It's definitely one of those "comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" kind of films...

    It's a quintessential thriller, which makes it painfully predictable at times, but definitely still entrancing.

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  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★★★

    A sexual-empowerment story about a boss-a$$ female CEO, Romy (Nicole Kidman), who engages in a dangerous dominant-submissive affair with her intern (Harris Dickinson). The performances by these two actors are unbelievable—they elevate this film's exploration of sex and sexuality to the next level.

    In her LA Times review, Amy Nicholson wrote, "“Babygirl’s” erotic scenes are hot. But really, Reijn is doing her damnedest to get a moral rise out of us. Romy and Samuel have safe words, yet our own…

  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★★

    Very A24. Very Luca.

    At its core, this is a film about loneliness and yearning to be seen. Every human being wants to be accepted and validated for who they are, but what happens when society rejects or demeans parts or all of us? Craig's answer in this film is traveling to the edge of the world (literally) for the solution---or at least what he thinks is the solution.

    While its inventiveness is a bit much at times, the film…