Sam Butler

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Favorite films

  • Ikiru
  • A Ghost Story
  • Hoop Dreams
  • What We Do in the Shadows

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  • Little Women

    ★★★★½

  • Uncut Gems

    ★★★★★

  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    ★★★½

  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    ★★★½

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  • Little Women

    Little Women

    ★★★★½

    as someone who has quite literally never read anything about or related to Little Women, including the book itself, i really enjoyed this movie. watching the sisters struggle, adapt and grow was a genuine treat.

    when you throw a cadre of actors as talented as the ones Gerwig assembles here, it's hard not to be captivated by their performances. Saorise Ronan and Florence Pugh in particular put in some expectedly convincing and mesmerizing work.

    again, i'm unfamiliar with the source…

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

    ★★★★★

    can someone explain to me why, despite already knowing how the basketball games in this movie turned out, i was unable to breathe during the scenes where Adam Sandler is watching them

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  • One of Us

    One of Us

    ★★★

    the shot of the despondent rabbi decrying the prevalence of kids using iPhones and what not, while being projected on a 40-foot LED screen at a baseball stadium over a Budweiser sign, was gold

  • Captain Marvel

    Captain Marvel

    ★★★

    i don’t know what the frickin deal was with Brie Larson for like half the movie, because her acting straight-up *annoyed* me until she became Captain Marvel. which is baffling, because i ADORE her in literally everything she’s ever done. but it’s like someone told her that she needed to recite all her lines with precisely one (1) facial expression, which was mild amusement mixed with a hint of self-assured snark. even when there was no need for it! baffling,…

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