Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Penguin Lessons 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  It's not quite sure what it wants to be at the start, much like the lead character, so it fits.
  Heartwarming and affecting. Great performance from Coogs.

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  Snow White 2025

  ★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Something's not white
  AKA
  it's Snow classic.

Popular reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  World-class filmmaking that's oddly a tad behind the curve for a director who's usually way ahead of it.
  A 10 million dollar movie masquerading as a more expensive belle at a fancy major studio ball.
  A miracle to get WB to spend this much on a satire, and if the upcoming WB movies by Coogler and PTA stiff as well, it's back to all Harry Potter, all the time.

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★ Watched 19 Apr 2024 2

  It's all fun and games until the third act drags on like a dramatic version of "Seven Days in Hell."
  Could use a studio cut to temper some of Luca's STRONG CHOICES.
  This screenwriter (who is more handsome than the two leads, head-scratchingly enough) is gonna dislike the execution of this in about 10 years, but for now, let him have a good time with the results. ("Results" include too much quick cutting within dramatic scenes and loud-ass techno that…