Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Snow White 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  I think I know why Disney is trying to hide this movie. It's not because it's a bad movie. It's not because of the dwarves. It's not because of Rachel Ziegler. It's because this movie was made before we thought Trump could win so the filmmakers cut the Stepford Wife anthem "Someday My Prince Will Come," made Snow White teach the 7 dwarves to clean for themselves, had her defeat the evil queen a show of kindness, and (most importantly) turned the Evil Queen into a race baiting stand-in for Trump.

  It is great. Go see it.

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  Cannibal! The Musical 1993

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  3.5 shpadoinkles out of 4 (on a 4 shpadoinkle scale).

Popular reviews

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  Smile 2 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Oct 2024

  The original SMILE was a huge surprise. A dark, nihilistic, gory horror film that felt like psychological horror mixed with a slasher with a dash of art film thrown in for good measure. If you would have told me that I would be laughing at this sequel almost as much as I would be jumping in terror I would have said you were crazy. But here we are. This movie is so scary, so funny, so beautifully filmed, and so…

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  Terrifier 3 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Oct 2024

  WOW. Art the Clown has hit the mainstream (projected to top the box office this weekend) but still managed to deliver one of the goriest things I have ever seen in my entire life. I honestly am shocked that something this transgressive is becoming this popular...it is a pretty exceptional moment for horror.

  So, here are the good and the bad.

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