Favorite films

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  The Twister: Caught in the Storm 2025

  ★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  A *lot* of extra re-enactment footage, that starts to look very 2000's musiv video at times. I wish more time was spent on Joplin's recovery after the tornado. All that aside - jesus, tornadoes are absolutely terrifying.

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Probably the most I've liked this movie. I appreciate more the internal conflict towards the end of knowingly walking into tragedy.

Popular reviews

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  Eisenberg snagged the Triple crown with this one, between his writing, directing, and performing. Renders Poland beautifully, and somehow finds the space in it's <90 minutes to tackle something as garganuan as the Holocaust.

  The dynamic between Benji and David is so funny, I wanted to give each of them a shake at some point. I relate with both too much to feel comfortable in fully empathising with either. Both have such massive blind spots about themselves, and are so…

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  Alien: Romulus 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Aug 2024

  Very good Alien movie. Some weak characters and dialogue, and really crow-barred in some references. Set design was really cool, a couple of very tense moments, and I really squirmed at some of the body horror.

  All-time terrible CGI-of-dead-actor in this one which sucks.