tessrussell

tessrussell

Favorite films

  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Arrival
  • Dark Waters
  • I Care a Lot

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★

  • 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated

    ★★★

  • 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action

    ★★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★½

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★

    I think patience at this point in my life is just low, and so I felt little patience for some of the cousins’ interactions. At another time and another life junction, I think I would have rated this movie higher.

    I wish Benji would have joined David and his family for dinner in the big city upon arrival   🥺😣

  • 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated

    2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated

    ★★★

    Magic Candies (Japan)
    In the Shadow of the Cypress (Iran)
    Yuck! (France) 
    Wander to Wonder (Netherlands)
    Beautiful Men (Netherlands)

    Not my favorite batch… really thought Yuck! was gonna be gayer. But I’ll go with Yuck! as my favorite.

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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks

    Alvin and the Chipmunks

    ★★½

    I’m looking for my boys

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★

    So I think I liked this movie a lot more at intermission than I did by the end. (Was the intermission included in the run time?? I think it was.) Anyway, the cinematography, videography, and style of the movie were impeccable— I can’t take that away from it. But I guess I don’t know what the “point” of it all was. There seemed to be a lot of “big points” that the movie wants to talk about, including rape, immigration,…