Neil Waite

Neil Waite

Former video store employee (RIP Rain City Video in Seattle, WA) and Professional Ginger. Shark enthusiast.

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • Coraline
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • The Descent

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  • The Final Destination

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • A Different Man

    ★★★

  • Aftersun

    ★★★

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  • The Final Destination

    The Final Destination

    Not the hard r n-word!

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    I missed movies!

    Robert Pattinson has a whole lot of fun with a movie that contains the same casual carelessness with death that The Monkey does.

    Mark Ruffalo seems to have borrowed Tilda’s dentures from Snowpiercer and looks like Matt Gaetz crossed with Jim Bakker. 

    The movie itself is a bit all over the place and unfocused. Some things don’t ultimately feel relevant to the overall story or enhance the world. Sauce, yes. Oxy, no. 

    Did I enjoy myself? Absolutely.

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  • Smile 2

    Smile 2

    ★★★½

    Vox Lux, if she slayed.

    A marked improvement over the first.

  • Thelma

    Thelma

    ★★★★★

    Seeing June Squibb in pain and distress is possibly in the top 10 upsetting images I’ve seen on film. I would say protect her at all costs but the great thing about this film is the acknowledgment of mortality and approaching a natural ending while also never exactly knowing when that end will be. There’s no way we can say with certainty Richard Roundtree knew this would be his final role but what a great one to close out a…