Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Takes a while to build its foundation and can be kind of on the nose at times. While misery is abound the depth still feels lacking. It becomes repetitive, the characters have glimpses of light but mostly just suck. Some strong scenes here and there but a lot of it fell flat. The ending felt quite strong even if it was a little ridiculous, even bringing some tears to my eyes. It didn’t make up for the pretty lackluster build up, though, notwithstanding a solid performance from Fraser.

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  L.A. Confidential 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  What starts as a seemingly normal neo-noir storyline unravels into a mystery that was perfectly and unknowingly set up, each character and scene that had some significance to the original case also serves as a clue to the new case that emerges. Twists and turns and excitement, great writing and cinematography, great performances - what more can you ask for?

  Just make sure to really pay attention as you're watching so you at least get the names of everyone. I…

Popular reviews

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  Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 2009

  ★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2024

  A brief, artsy movie without a super coherent story that manages to pry pretty deeply into a variety of messed up male psyches through a series of monologues, some more interesting than others. It touches on some thoughts, impulses, and double intentions that men have that are mostly kept hidden in shame and confusion, or projected onto women such as the interviewer. It's not the most entertaining or emotional movie, but it is thought provoking and worth a watch for…

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  The Monkey 2025

  ★★ Watched 22 Feb 2025

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