Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  You're Cordially Invited 2025

  ★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  So unbelievably cringey like…painful beyond belief to watch. Like yes it was sweet at very rare moments, but the majority of the movie was really disappointing and overkill.

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  Spy 2015

  ★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Why was I actually GAGGED by this movie…like it was cataclysmic but in a good-ish way. Was it a good movie? like no. Was it funny and super stupid? like yes. Thank u Mellissa MaCarthy, you make me happy.

Popular reviews

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  Stand by Me 1986

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  “Am I weird?” “Yeah but so what? Everybody's weird.”

  Honestly such a cinematic gift. From the music to the setting to the characters and the script, it is brilliantly plotted and executed. The story behind each character, the thought behind Gordie’s need to “story-tell” to escape his negligent household…brilliant. Chris’s role as parent and protector considering his lack of such…incredible. Also, the symbols…THE DEER?! Tender, a fleeting moment, vulnerable…a spitting image of Gordie. It’s all so intentional, but not apparently…

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  Lost in Translation 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  There is something so enchanting about this movie, so rawly human…something about the ceaseless concept of searching for meaning. While comedic at times (and yes it is funny) it is just as often touching and exorbitantly moving. Murray and Johansson work great together. Further, the setting of this film is beautiful, from Tokyo to Mount Fuji, vibrant Pachinko gambling parlors and eerily monochromatic baths, the setting tells a story just as much as any character. Would definitely recommend, it’s a…

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