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Favorite films

  • A Woman Under the Influence
  • Hoop Dreams
  • Memories of Underdevelopment
  • The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex

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  • Before Night Falls

    ★½

  • Anora

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • Bowling for Columbine

    ★★★★½

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  • Happiness

    Happiness

    ★★★★★

    The final nail in coffin for the false dream of the American nuclear family that originated in the 1950s, and has been kept alive despite being on its death bed all through the 1980s.

    Picking apart the false views and values that many American conservatives had during the Regan administration (and are still held now). The films presentation only reaffirms this; with much of it looking like an anti drug or safe sex PSA that would be produced during this…

  • Titane

    Titane

    ★★★★½

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

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    It’s funny how much this film was delayed in hindsight; undoubtedly to be more in tune with the United States election and every event surrounding it. Ironically, it causes the film to end up shooting itself in its own foot big time. Despite its attempts to be as modern as possible, it ultimately comes out far too late to be anything but dated on arrival. Structuring everything it’s saying about this turbulent time in the United States around a supposed…

  • Big Time

    Big Time

    ★★★★★

    The way in which Tom Waits contorts his body while on stage during most, if not, all the songs has endlessly inspired me as a performer. On a regular basis I try and mimic his little eccentricities he has during Down In The Hole going into Hang on St Christopher. I can only dream to capture the amount of swagger this man has. Quietly lip-synced the lyrics of each song the whole runtime. These are the wild years for all the rain dogs.

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  • The Holy Mountain

    The Holy Mountain

    ½

    I recently became a Christian and now I hate this movie. It has naked people in it and that’s pretty yucky ewwy so that’s minus 10 points. Also this movie is a giant lie because it’s called the holy mountain and it is unholy

  • Empire

    Empire

    ★★★★

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