Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Adolescence 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  Masterpiece.

  Powerfully acted, masterfully constructed, and a searing takedown of misogyny and toxic masculinity.

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  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  The best Hunger Games movie.

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Oct 2024

  I’ve never seen horror done in such an aggressively visceral way. 

  I struggled with this film when I watched it in cinemas, with the sound design, sound level, and gore in particular pushing me to my limit, to the point where I had to leave.

  Watching on a laptop was a much less overwhelming experience, and much more enjoyable (thanks, Internet!).

  Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley both put in fantastic performances in a Jekyll and Hyde-esque cautionary tale, concerning a…

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  MadS 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Oct 2024

  That was SO tense. Really fantastic performances, and the ease with which the story progresses is really quite impressive.

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