Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Halloween Ends 2022

  ½ Added

  The best thing about the new Halloween trilogy is there's literally no reason to watch it!

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  Pumpkinhead 1988

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Oct 2022

  Under appreciated, even by me apparently.

Popular reviews

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  Halloween II 1981

  ½ Watched 13 Oct 2020 1

  Halloween 2 supposes: what if Halloween hadn't ended, and instead just got really, really tedious.

  The simplicity of the original doesn't leave a lot of room to build anyways, but the decision to continue immediately from where it left off makes this feel like a super long inconsequential third act.

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  Turning Red 2022

  ★★★½ Added

  Maybe Pixar's best in a decade? It's energy is potentially a little exhausting, but it's a surprisingly refreshing departure from their usual formula in some ways, and when they do follow it it's just impeccably executed. Also probably Pixar's most "anime" movie, stylistically, which I am all for. The visual aesthetics of western 3D animation have been so stagnant (and with diminishing returns from technical improvements) for so long, I am hoping this may signal the start of more interesting…

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