Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985

  ★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  How did Beverly D’Angelo get stuck with these losers?

  I’m glad I wasn’t alive in the 80s.

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 31 Jan 2025

  Messy in the home stretch—I don’t need a realistic portrayal of the aftershocks in Kidman’s career—but largely enjoyed this just because of the humor and weirdness of the two lead performances. Kidman standing in the corner, the centerpiece needle drop, Dickinson’s counterintuitive mix of authority and bashfulness. Eager for Reijn’s next since I was really on her wavelength.

Popular reviews

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  Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020

  ★★½ Watched 22 Jan 2021

  Corny as hell but I was into the magic tricks.

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  Paris, Texas 1984

  ★★½ Watched 26 Aug 2018

  The striking image of dirty Harry Dean Stanton with the red hat wandering the desert is misleading. It made me expect something weirder or more clever instead of a somewhat conventional family drama.

  My expectations aside, I found the dialogue unimpressive and the *big monologue* oversimplistic and unmoving. I don’t know. Maybe I don’t like movies with uncharismatic characters. Maybe the script underserves them. The story is decently good. The imagery is the highlight. Mr. Müller at it again.