Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Boss Nigger 1974

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  (suspenseful funky music plays)

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  Taste of Cherry 1997

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  I was really hoping to find something profound or inspiring within A Taste of Cherry. Instead, I can only question how a film so universally acclaimed could offer nothing new nor grand in response to one of life’s most-questioned moral dilemmas. This simply felt shallowly optimistic and I can’t help but be reminded of The Alchemist. Hopefully a later viewing can offer something more substantial.

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Sep 2024

  Not since A Woman Under The Influence have I had such a visceral gut-wrenching reaction to a film. For almost the entire duration I squirmed and fidgeted in my luxurious Cinemark recliner; sporting a sh*t eating grin sure to concern those unfortunate enough to look my way.  This is what David Cronenberg envisioned he would achieve with films like The Fly and Scanners, only better. I feel sorry for those who will wait until this releases on VOD as moments like the NYE scene will undeniably fall flat on a 43” Roku TV.

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  Day of the Dead 1985

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Sep 2024

  My god… rewatching this tonight was so unbelievably nostalgic.

  I don’t think I’ve seen Day of The Dead since my junior year of high school. Romero’s Dead trilogy was practically on a nightly rotation then, with me swapping between the three each and every night. Sometimes finishing them, sometimes not, but it undeniably left all three deeply embedded into my psyche. With it now being many years since my last viewing, this felt both oddly familiar and unknown; a delirious…