Zach Staads

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I like the filmy things.

Really just a catalogue of what I think of movies at a given time so I can remember for myself later!

Favorite films

  • It's Such a Beautiful Day
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Shiva Baby
  • National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

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  • National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

    ★★★★½

  • Charlie's Angels

    ★★★

  • A Fish Called Wanda

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • It's Such a Beautiful Day

    It's Such a Beautiful Day

    ★★★★★

    A reminder that I'm so bad at logging movies on here - I've watched this thing a dozen times in the last four years, and even wrote an article related to it now (read here).

    What can I say that hasn't been said? It's still as lovely, funny, and heartbreaking as ever.

  • Being There

    Being There

    In my estimation, this is one of the few movies I've ever seen that I cannot rate on some scale - as I'm sure many have said, there is something transcendental about it, something beyond, and so I can't assign it a simple number.

    If I am honest, this is a movie that makes me want to be more honest. The film itself never really gripped me, it casts aside many of the usual trappings films use which doesn't serve…

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  • National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

    National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

    ★★★★½

    Good GOD-- it's GAY!

    It's truly very funny, there are choices I've never seen made before from the actors, and much of the social commentary from over 120 years ago is just as relevant nowadays-- terrifying I know, and that is tragically funny.

    Now it could still stand a few cuts (as most older plays do), and it certainly begs some questions with a couple of the characters and their relationship at the end-- and if you saw this you…

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    ★★★

    I'm gonna make this one super brief. A lotta fun, truly ridiculous and wild in a great way... Unfortunately, also very circa 2000 racist.

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★★

    If I had to come down from that sad rage last night with any other movie, it would not have worked. This is astonishing.

    Could I do some way too granular analysis? Yes. Will I? No. This was just bit city in the best way, a gorgeous combo of the best silent films and Looney Tunes.

    I applaud everyone who worked on this from Jean Kayak to a one day PA. I cannot imagine how this crazed vision came together…

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    ★★★★

    I will certainly get some degree of flack for this, and at the moment I truly don't care. I just spent a day marathoning all of the movies, including the new one, none of which I had planned because I am not a diehard Indiana Jones fan. I like the movies, I even liked Crystal Skull when it came out when I was like 13.

    And ya know what? This is great. Seeing all those movies back to back, having…