Jake

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He’s done with DVDs; he’s fully entertained.

Favorite films

  • The Elephant Man
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • Gone Girl
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

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  • It Happened One Night

    ★★★★

  • Eephus

    ★★★★

  • Empire of the Sun

    ★★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

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  • It Happened One Night

    It Happened One Night

    ★★★★

    As a lover of "all in one day" movies, I was disappointed to find out that It actually Happens over the course of like a week. Pretty charming though!

  • Eephus

    Eephus

    ★★★★

    Stands with HOUSE OF THE DEVIL as a film that perfectly captures the sights, sounds, and (somehow) smells of fall in New England. 

    Great, gentle vibes, and also very funny. I think there’s a whole hidden track of baseball stuff that went over my head and may have added an additional layer of enjoyment, but I never felt alienated.

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  • Sleeping with the Enemy

    Sleeping with the Enemy

    ★★½

    Did he just never use that toilet or what

  • To Leslie

    To Leslie

    ★★★½

    At the risk of accusing Kate Winslet of hyperbole, I don’t know if Andrea Riseborough gives the greatest female performance of all time in this but she is pretty good. Despite the shoestring budget and indie patina, this is sort of a straight down the middle addiction drama and I’m not surprised the Academy ate it up once a series of identically worded tweets alerted them to its existence. Everyone is doing 3.5 star work (except this is probably the…