Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Manchester by the Sea 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Jan 2025

  “I can’t beat it. I can’t beat it, I’m sorry.”

  grief is hard. pulling yourself up in an attempt to overcome it is even harder.

  didn’t know anything about this one going into it. I didn’t even know it was supposed to be this heavy, I’d just heard it was good through some grapevines and decided to put on.

  yeah, this one stings.

  manchester by the sea is a wonderful and touching look at grief, and how we get by…

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  Raw 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Mar 2023 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Recent reviews

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  Fyre 2019

  Watched 20 Mar 2025

  watched today in my scriptwriting class

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  Somm 2012

  Watched 18 Mar 2025

  genuinely crazy shit. I could never be this good at something.

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 27 Oct 2024

  it’s 12:45 in the morning. I’m home and lying in bed after seeing the substance for the second time, this time fully in the midst of a substantial depressive episode. I’m staring down at the elastic band of my underwear, which is folded down from my distended belly. I’m thinking about everyone I know who I’ve seen in their underwear, and how I’ve never noticed the folding of the elastic band on anyone else before. this is entirely a me…

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  Black Bag 2025

  Watched 15 Mar 2025

  very sexy and fun with great performances from blanchett and fassbender. there’s a ton of substance packed into this script, as it’s almost entirely dialogue, with nearly every line uttered in order to advance the plot along to the bigger thing that happens at the end of the movie. I was pretty lukewarm on this coming out of the theater but the more I think about it, the more I like it, and it’s definitely the best film of the…