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Favorite films

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Holdovers
  • Do the Right Thing
  • The Wrong Trousers

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  • Emilia Pérez

    ★★

  • Turner & Hooch

    ★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

  • What If

    ★★★

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  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★★

    I thought I'd dislike this a lot more than I did.

    It'd give you a cool shot, or cool musical sequence, and then immediately follow it up with something dreadful.

    Ultimately, I was relatively invested in what happened to the main characters, so that has to count for something. But I do feel like some of the storytelling was only surface-level stuff; it never really dug into the depths of a character.

    The penis to vagina lyric will stay with me for a long time, and I'm not sure how I feel about that

  • Turner & Hooch

    Turner & Hooch

    ★½

    Tom Hanks hits dogs.

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  • Believe in Christmas

    Believe in Christmas

    ★★

    Hanging the angel on the side of the tree instead of the top: utter woke nonsense.

    The CGI of the main couple on the sled going down hill is unbelievably funny. Just comes out of nowhere.

    The acting from some of the main cast in this (and the costume design) is actually pretty decent. However, some of the writing is atrocious. Funny, but bad. Also, the casting of Porter is horrible - he's just so old, there's no way the…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★½

    It makes sense that we learn little about Bob Dylan during the film because he's an enigma: he doesn't reveal personal information, inventing fake back stories, and he has a seeming disregard for the feelings of others.

    While I respect the portrayal of Bob in this film, it does kinda make for a boring film. I mean sure, the music is cool to listen to (only knew a couple of the famous ones before watching). Chalamet does a good job…

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