Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972

  ★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  I don’t think any amount of animation wizardry could ever replace the joy I get from the expressive performances of suit actors. Most modern Godzilla entries seem to prioritize "realism" by having Godzilla moving in rigid, reptilian fashion. It's just a LOT more fun when he gets to move a bit more like, well, a dude in a suit!

  Anyways, even for what I'd consider one of the “weaker” entries, watching Godzilla with a crowd of mostly strangers has proven time and time again to be a blast! Support your local independent theaters!

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  Donnie Darko 2001

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  Let’s give a quick shout out to Christina Applegate!

Popular reviews

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  Class of Nuke 'Em High 1986

  ★★½ Watched 10 Jul 2023

  Awesome makeup, great costumes, and cool monster design, but also some of the worst audio mixing and sound production I've ever heard, even for a budget film.

  This film gets by on a lot of shock value, but for someone who grew up with unlimited internet access, a lot of the wackier shit I’ve seen ironically pales in comparison to the poorly-aged aspects of Nuke 'Em High; Depictions of trans characters played for laughs, drawn-out scenes of sexual assault, and homophobic slurs.

  I should've gone to that Fellini festival instead...

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  Blood Beat 1983

  ★★½ Watched 16 Dec 2024

  You know for a lot of this I wasn’t on-board but I think I understood the vision once “O Fortuna” hit my eardrums like a warcrime from the Truman administration.