Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  X-Men: First Class 2011

  ½ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  I don’t know if I get to say I watched this film but the story is too funny not to share.

  It’s St. Patrick’s Day. My girlfriend and I are joining some friends at a bar. Problem is, one of the friends was bringing her boyfriend and this guy is AWFUL. And I was the designated driver so I couldn’t drink a drop. So I wasn’t looking forward to it. 

  We sit down at the bar and lo and behold…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 08 Mar 2025

  Maybe it’s the fact that it was 1 am but the scene with the old woman at the bus stop got me just as emotional as it did when I saw this just after Oppenheimer a year and a half ago

Popular reviews

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Jan 2025

  This Hanukkah I’d received the greatest present of all time from my amazing girlfriend. For years I’d daydreamed about what I’d called “Ringfest,” a 12 hour Lord of the Rings marathon and celebration. Even at just that, it was only ever a pipe dream. That is, until my girlfriend revealed she’d secretly planned the whole thing behind my back, including devising a seven course menu and inviting about fifty of our friends, including out of towners. To say it was…

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2024 1

  I watched this movie with my girlfriend, who I met when we lived half a country apart, and it reminded me how lucky I am that my person on a screen is now sitting here next to me