Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  X-Men: The Last Stand 2006

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  gotta say I’m a big fan of the 90s/00s trope of “generic nameless POTUS character only ever referred to as ‘Mr. President’ “

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  X2 2003

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  we used to make real movies, bub

Popular reviews

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  Crank 2006

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025 2

  I believe the bottom of my heart lies at the end of a second tequila glass (multiple beers included). And from the bottom of that glass, this film is the peakest of peak. I can’t wait to watch this sober

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  Lost in Translation 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  I really appreciate how subdued this film is. I imagine it would have hit a little differently in its time, but for the type of movie I was half expecting, it was pleasant surprise of simplicity on a bed of understanding. The way it feels like it's building up to the point you think it is, only to let things unfold realistically and give you some small compassionate closure.

  Aside from the classy cabs and the slightly gauche Japanese L&R…