Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Ballad of Little Jo 1993

  ★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  This reminded me of a Jane Campion movie in that it’s beautifully constructed and boring as shit.

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  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005

  ★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025 1

  A pretty good film adaptation of a pretty good book. The material definitely works better in its literary form: the best parts of the movie are all directly from book, with the added bits feeling a bit perfunctory. But the casting is quite good and there are some cinematic flourishes that I enjoyed.

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Jan 2025 5

  Just watched the Bills lose in one of the most blatantly manipulated games I have ever seen. Genuinely baffling that the NFL was struggling with viewership so bad that they had to fabricate a dynasty. I hope the refs got paid well because I can’t imagine the amount of death threats they will receive after this one.

  Anyways, this movie was incredible. I’ve seen the word monumental thrown around a lot and it perfectly encapsulates the experience of watching it;…

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  Gather 2020

  ★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025 3

  Just a super generic, manipulative documentary on a subject I don’t care that much about. Sorry Dr. Chang.