Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Raising Arizona 1987

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  I am sure I’m not the first to say this: Nicolas Cage is so hot in this (and obviously so is John Goodman)

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  Time to Love 1965

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Beautiful, but relied too heavily on that beauty to really come across for me.

Popular reviews

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  The Zone of Interest 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Jan 2024 1

  The NYT review for this flick argues that the movie commits the same crime as the movie itself- turning a blind eye to the true horrors of the holocaust. The movie is more interested in the art it creates rather than explaining one of the greatest horrors of human existence.

  I think this critique doesn't take into the account the glut of holocaust depictions in our culture. We have been inundated with movies that attempt to explain the holocaust with…

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  Problemista 2023

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Jan 2025 1

  The first time I watched this movie, I went to Lakeview's Landmark theater alone and on the walk to the bus, I walked past several hot gays and then got depressed because I would never be as hot as them. Then on the bus ride home, I pulled up LB and refused to give this any stars because I was sad.

  However, I rewatched this tonight with fresh eyes and a state's distance between me and the Lakeview gays. And…