Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  Watched 22 Sep 2024

  Ok let's never watch this again

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  Unbreakable 2000

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 31 Aug 2024

  This film has no right to be this goddamn excellent. Script and direction are completely unleashed from any mainstream conventions, yet it still delivers its very own take on the archetype of pop-culture narratives. Nearly every scene lands perfectly. Incredible directing choices. Given all this, even its somewhat weaker third act is easily excused. Everything in this feels so forbiddingly fresh and exciting, it's almost unbelievable from today's perspective. Early Shyamalan was built different.

Popular reviews

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  Who Am I 2014

  ½ Watched 17 Sep 2020

  Fuck everything about this soulless piece of crap that so badly wants to be Fight Club that it has to double-bluff its way out of plagiarism by showing that the main protagonist has a Fight Club poster in his room. Rarely has a film made me this angry.

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★ Watched 29 Jun 2023

  While Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny undoubtedly stands on its own two feet, it is impossible to ignore the void left by Steven Spielberg's absence—his singular talent as one of the most gifted visual storytellers of his time is unmistakable, and there are moments where one can't help but wonder how his touch could have changed this film for the better. Nonetheless, James Mangold has done an admirable job in paying tribute to Spielberg's legacy: Dial is a…