Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Everest 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  There were a lot of things to like and enjoy about this film. It had an incredible cast of characters, it was brilliantly shot with almost no way to tell you know that they shot the film on sound stages, it had insanely accurate depictions of the mountain itself, and it seemed to be holding true to actual real life events.

  Throughout the watch though and over the course of studying up on Everest over the years, I just had…

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  Love Actually 2003

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  At the risk of being fairly critical of something so inexplicably loved by so many, here we are, and I should preface by saying that romantic comedies have never really been my thing...

  While you're given quite the bountiful ensemble cast of characters drawing from a glorious list of excellent actors, the glory seems to end there as you're left with a mess of entangled storylines being forced upon you without enough substantial meat to latch onto, leaving you high…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Nov 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Nothing new to see here, and that's what makes this an incredible 2025 whodunit.

  You've got a stupidly gorgeous cast, all the dress to the 9s you could ever want, a fantastic yet simple score, and the fact that the director truly give you nothing on the answer to the puzzle until the last moments of the film.

  It's a little dry, but it works here. 4/5 for a stripped down effective tone and directorial.

  Also, how is Cate Blanchett getting hotter with age?