Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Se7en 1995

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  even better than I remember, truly a cornucopia of superb performances, sound design, editing, and cinematography. pitt and freeman both give fantastic performances and bounce off of each other tremendously. gwenyth paltrow is very very good in her limited screen time, especially the diner scene with freeman. 

  ***** ****** is legitimately one of the best actors of our generation, if only he wasn’t such a fucking scumbag piece of shit. he’s somehow worse in real life than his character is…

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  Sing Sing 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  man this was a good one.

  hope and perseverance in the face or cruelty and adversity will always be a beautiful thing but especially for their specific scenario. 

  beautiful cinematography and score combine for a visually wonderful movie that is an absolute feast for the eyes and ears

Popular reviews

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  Perfect Blue 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Oct 2024 1

  I’m at a loss for words (proceeds to type 200 pg essay)

  also why was 1997 such a fucking goated year for animation? damn

  what an absolute stunner of a film, quite literally perfect from start to finish. FANTASTIC music both idol song wise but also to build fear and anticipation. a twist for the absolute ages, plus PLENTY of red herrings along the way and many many different points where you just keep guessing as to what’s the real…

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  All That Heaven Allows 1955

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jul 2024

  to thine own self be true

  a beautiful look at loss, acceptance, and the regaining of love in trying times.

  as the son of a widow, I can actually partial empathize with some of ned’s talking points, like the seemingly rejection of his late father’s belongings. it’s hard to come to terms with losing a parent/spouse and even harder for the partner themselves that is left behind. from a child’s point of view, it does feel like the acceptance phase…