Favorite films

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  My Chauffeur 1986

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  There's a risk of whiplash from how abruptly the tone shifts throughout My Chauffeur, but Deborah Foreman is so charismatic and effortlessly funny in a way that wasn't even hinted at in Valley Girl. One of these stars is all hers.

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  The Girl with the Needle 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  Well this is now my favorite movie from 2024 that I never want to watch again as long as I live (but probably will).

Popular reviews

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  Lost Angels 1989

  ★★ Rewatched 05 May 2023

  I watched this once when I was in high school for no other reason than Ad Rock had the lead role. I remembered ZERO of the plot. Earlier today I started wondering why it's basically been erased from history.

  Now that I'm watching an extremely dodgy pan-and-scan transfer on YouTube that's in such low resolution I can barely make out anyone's facial features, I may have had my question answered.

  It's terrible. Not just late 80s terrible, ACTUALLY terrible.

  I…

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  Act of the Heart 1970

  ★★★ Watched 26 Nov 2023

  Is this the origin of the "she's different/she's not like other girls" trope? Because she literally says "I'm different. I'm not like the other girls."

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