Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Warfare 2025

  ★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  This was almost painfully mundane to watch before it became painful to watch with the graphic gore and screaming of pain. It goes from boring to harrowing really fast. 

  I believe that this is an accurate depiction of modern warfare in that it shows just how much nothing that can go on in a soldiers day just as much as how much terrible shit can go on in that same day. 

  Definitely a movie that requires a very good and…

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  I am loving this current Soderbergh era of 90 minute fun genre bangers. This one is an espionage whodunit centered around a marriage between spies and it is a fun ride with some very good actors. Fassbender and Blanchett play their roles in a manner that seems effortlessly confident yet leaves you with just enough doubt on both of them to not be able to predict where it’s going. 

  Don’t expect a James Bond / Mission: Impossible type spy flick…

Popular reviews

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  The Idea of You 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2024 1

  This was by far the best romcom I’ve ever seen in the cinema - but that’s a huge function of an electric sxsw world premiere crowd. Every collective gasp, cheer, and “GET IT GIRL!” was so fun. It’s too bad no one will ever get this experience because Amazon Prime but I digress…

  Very solid romcom - Anne and Nicholas have electric chemistry and they really sell their characters. The supporting cast is a bit forgettable and underwritten, but that’s…

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  Dìdi (弟弟) 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Jan 2024

  Loved this! I’m Taiwanese-American and I really identified with a lot of the specific cultural references (though the mom was probably a bit more movie magic supportive than mine was) - but there are a lot of adolescent struggles here that anyone will feel.

  Eighth Grade and Stand By Me by way of aol instant messenger is how I would encapsulate it. The sounds and the dynamism are among the best I’ve seen internetting shown on screen - in the q&a Sean mentioned his 6 years of Google work training him for this and it shows.  

  Sundance 2024 #12 Online