Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Hell or High Water 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Make sure you have subtitles turned on.

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  Blade Runner 1982

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  I think the most interesting thing about Blade Runner is that our protagonist has almost no redeeming qualities. Deckard is a violent, angry, manipulative, selfish drunk who gets paid to kill. He is more morally corrupt than the replicants he kills, but even still, he feels like the "hero" of the story and the replicants feel like the "villains". Authority and perspective have such a huge influence on how we judge morality.

Popular reviews

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Jan 2025

  "Benji, maybe she wants to be alone".
  "No one wants to be alone, Dave".
  
  It's hard to express how much this movie resonated with me. It felt like the creators of "A Real Pain" were reaching out through the screen and speaking directly to me. It landed in my life at exactly the right time.

  There is a scene where three characters walk together and share a moment of collective grief and sorrow for the world. They talk about how…

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  Companion 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Feb 2025

  Lots of fun and consistently surprising. The shot and sound design when Iris goes to 100% intelligence 🤌🤌🤌 and Patrick's menacing walk towards her and the cop 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

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