Favorite films

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  Gone Girl 2014

  ★★½ Added

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2021

  ★★★★ Added

  It would have been really easy to just make a movie with an "iPhone Bad" movie. It does tap into some of the dangers of our co-dependency on technology. However, the overall theme of connection goes much deeper than the typical "social media is isolating us" argument. It's one of the few films that focusses on the technological disconnect between the X Generation and the Zoomers (the John Cho movie "Searching" does this as well). The disconnect is caused by…

Popular reviews

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  Welcome to the Dollhouse 1995

  ★ Added

  I hate movies when the screenwriter just wants to torture their main character for an hour and a half. This film is cruel and mean-spirited, and comes from a dark, cynical view of the world. I guess I'm just not a cynical person. I don't mind dark movies, but there needs to be a point. I don't want to watch a movie about how the world is dog shit and everyone hates you. I watch movies to gain some form of clarity or catharsis. Dollhouse is just an ugly, hateful film that doesn't provide any sort of nuance or rationality for its cruelty.

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  Music 2021

  Added

  I refuse to see this movie on general principle.

  I'm honestly shocked that these depictions of autism are still prevalent in 2021. As an autistic person, it's incredibly triggering. I hate how the autistic character has no agency, and is just a prop for the neurotypcial main character's story. I appreciate the fact that Sia apologized for the film, and actually took steps to eliminate some traumatic elements of the film and changed the film to make it more accessible,…

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