Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Blue Valentine 2010

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Feb 2025

  ducked into the roxie on thursday night to escape the rain and catch this classic... ninety minutes later, clothes are dry; cheeks are damp.

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  Companion 2025

  ★★½ Watched 04 Feb 2025

  mostly enjoyable, but will likely prefer the ambitious villeneuve sequel set in a dystopian 2049.

Popular reviews

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  Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Dec 2015

  i'm pretty sure the fat junk dealer on jakku is george lucas.

  the symbolism of a stingy, piggly oaf who makes money on the repeated scavenging and recycling of parts from a long ago past is just too on the nose.

  and then when he discovers the millennium falcon has improbably roared back to life, he clenches his fist in the air, and with an infantile rage howls "THAT'S MIIIIIIIIINE!"

  seeya, george, and good riddance!

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  The Big Short 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Dec 2015

  a new genre is born: the "pedantic comedy".