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  Sing Sing 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Recency bias or not, Sing Sing is my new favorite A24 film. Incredibly heartfelt and inspiring, this film had me laughing, crying, and cheering the whole way. 

  Colman Domingo gives us a stunning performance with a beautiful range of love, rage, sorrow, and joy. The other actors, real-life inmates of the facility, seamlessly fit in, and their roles perfectly complement each other. 
  
  Sing Sing tackles themes of brotherhood, masculinity, camaraderie, self-acceptance, and the found-family trope in a way that pulls…

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  Inherent Vice 2014

  ★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  This one just wasn’t for me. I wasn’t engaged in the plot and lost interest about an hour in. The pacing felt pretty slow and never really picked up for me. 

  Joaquin Phoenix is fantastic as always. This is especially disappointing being a PTA film with a great supporting cast. 

  Regardless, I’m still very interested to explore the rest of Anderson’s filmography.

Popular reviews

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  Brokeback Mountain 2005

  ★★★★ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

  The relationship between Jack and Ennis is beautiful and is built incredibly well. Although a few moments were duller than others, this slower burn, in my opinion, helped establish a stronger bond between the two of them. We get to see them blossom from strangers to coworkers to friends to more. 

  Another stellar performance from both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. The locations and cinematography are outstanding. One of my biggest highlights was witnessing Ennis’ internal struggle of loyalty between…

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Lots going on. Very surreal and not quite my type, but this is only my first Lynch film and I’m still interested to explore his filmography and pick up more of what I missed in Blue Velvet. I understand why people love this film.

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