Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Great Race 1965

  Watched 14 Mar 2025 1

  Okay, maaaaybe this didn’t need to be as long as it was, but would I have laughed so hard at “I have a boat waiting!” if it hadn’t been preceded by 5 minutes of completely straight-faced swordplay? I don’t think so.

  I ship Professor Fate & Max. And I’m pretty sure the movie does too.

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  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

  Rewatched 11 Mar 2025

  I first watched this movie at film school 10 years ago on a poorly aged 35mm print with the first reel missing. The opening monologue was read to us by a member of the arthouse film club before we launched into a slice of life nightmare with footage that’d faded so badly everything was tinged pink. If you’d told me that these film cans had been buried in a Texas backyard since the 70s I would have believed you.

  I’m…

Popular reviews

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  Wicked 2024

  Rewatched 09 Jan 2025

  Sometimes Arianna Grande’s comic line readings remind me of Madeline Kahn and that may be the highest compliment I can give a performer.

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  Skinamarink 2022

  Watched 18 Jan 2023

  I have never wanted a movie to end so badly in my adult life.

  This is a compliment.

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