Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  This Is the End 2013

  ★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  The first half of this movie is a 5 star comedy.

  Once they leave Franco's it really drops off. A shame.

  Final scene slaps though.

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  The Monkey 2025

  ★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2025

  This was not necessarily what I was expecting, but I think that's a good thing. In essence the trailer really kept the crux of the film hidden. More films should do that.

  The Monkey is basically a Final Destination film but intentionally funny. Less horror, more a super gory comedy.

  Not my favourite from Oz, but certainly still enjoyable.

  Also my first time seeing Theo James in anything, and I thought he was terrific.

Popular reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Jul 2023

  I really liked The Barbie Movie, but now my wife wants to divorce me because of the patriarchy.

  4 out of 5 stars.

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  A Different Man 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  What a fascinating film.

  It makes its point early on, and seemingly unsubtly, but then continues to absolutely sledgehammer it home until it transforms into something all together different.

  This is purposefully vague, because really I don't think you should know much about this going on. It's not what I thought it was, and I think I enjoyed it mroe because of that.

  Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are both incredible, and every other performance is almost cartoonist. But it…