Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Jan 2025

  My late encounter with the great enchanter

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★★ Watched 10 Jan 2025

  To the couple sat in front that mistakenly thought they were watching a movie about IVF and from the first glimpse of porn started frantically googling (“Baby girl IVF film???” “Nicole Kidman IVF movie???” “IVF movie 2024 baby girl???”) with phone screens on full brightness…
  ok you actually made this experience 10x more entertaining for the 20 minutes you lasted

Popular reviews

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  Cure 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Jan 2024

  Hypnotic reflection on how society collectively responds to the terrifying “tell me something about yourself”

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  The Fly 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Oct 2024

  I’m so glad I somehow escaped knowing a single thing about The Fly for 24 years of life (I know). Finally watching it, I was hit with the full 80s movie magic.

  Disgusting and sweet, unsettling and funny, stomach-churning and charming, shocking and life-affirming, creepy and fun. It’s everything that you can’t imagine going together - like man and fly. 

  Body horror works so well for me when the exaggeration is grounded. When it achieves an uncanny sense of familiarity…