Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Zone of Interest 2023

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  What?! No! Of course I’m not watching this because of certain recent headlines. Are you insane, what possibly would’ve given you such an idea?
  
  Watched with headphones and yeah, I’m even more shook than when I saw it in theaters. There’s a lot in here I just didn’t catch, the audio is so much more layered than I remember. Your boy is pretty deaf so this was the right way to watch this. Also I’m so much more mad than…

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Just watch Slow Horses.

  This movie is stylish and occasionally witty, but it also feels so disposable. My biggest problem with it is that your first impressions of each character are absolutely correct. There’s not a hint of depth or complexity. And it doesn’t lean hard enough on the central dynamic between Fassbender and Blanchett that was, to me, the most interesting part of the first half hour of this movie. 

  As a Soderbergh movie, you know it’s going to…

Popular reviews

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  The Birdcage 1996

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  Note 2/27/2025:
  Devastating news right in the middle of my Gene Hackman binge. Rest in peace, legend. Was already planning on watching this tonight before it left HBO max, but now I feel extra obligated.

  Actual review early morning 2/28:
  AAAAAAAGHHHH how had I never even heard of this until like last year? This was so so good. Actually unbelievable how good of a time this was. The best performance I’ve ever seen from Robin Williams. Him screaming at Hank…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

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